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165438+ What festivals are there in October?
Thanksgiving Day is a festival created by the American people, and it is also a festival for American reunion. At first, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving Day, which was decided temporarily by American states. It was not until 1863 after the independence of the United States that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
194 1 year, the US Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday in June 1 1 as "Thanksgiving Day". Thanksgiving holiday usually lasts from Thursday to Sunday.
2. International University Day
1946, student representatives from all over the world held the World Student Congress in Prague, and announced that the annual 1017 was designated as "World University Day" to strengthen the unity and friendship of college students from all over the world.
The festival was set up to accuse the thugs of their bloody deeds, to commemorate the anti-fascist college students' movement, and to advocate college students to pursue peace, democracy, freedom and progress. ?
3. World Youth Day
165438+ 10/0 is World Youth Day. World Youth Day is a Catholic religious activity founded by Pope John Paul II in 1984. The festival was founded to reverse the trend of young Catholics leaving the church.
4. Journalists' Day
In 2000, the State Council officially approved the "Request for Instructions on Determining the Specific Date of Journalists' Day" issued by China Journalists Association, and agreed to set the establishment date of China Journalists' Association as "Journalists' Day"165438+1October 8. According to the regulations of the State Council, Journalists' Day is a working holiday, and there are no holidays.
5. Singles Day
1 65438+1October 1 1 is Singles Day, because there are four Arabic numerals "1"in this date, which are shaped like four smooth sticks, and singles means singles in Chinese, so Singles Day is an alternative festival for singles.
Singles' Day was born on campus, spread through the media such as the Internet, and gradually formed Singles' Day culture. Nowadays, more and more people are getting married on Singles' Day, and it is also a period when major businesses discount sales on the grounds of taking off orders.
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