October 16, 2026
Friday

This day is the 289th day of the year. There are 76 days remaining in the year. The EventGuide database currently contains 42 events on this day:

Every
Oct 16

World Food Day

#WorldFoodDay #WFD2026More(5)

Every
Oct 16

Global Cat Day

#GlobalCatDay #CatDayMore(5)

Every
Oct 16

World Bread Day

#WorldBreadDay #BreadDayMore(5)

Every
Oct 16

World Spine Day

#WorldSpineDay #SpineDayMore(5)

3rd Fri
in Oct

National Mammography Day

#NationalMammographyDay #MammographyDayMore(4)

Every
Oct 16

National Sports Day

#NationalSportsDay #SportsDay

Every
Oct 16

World Anaesthesia Day

#WorldAnaesthesiaDay #AnaesthesiaDayMore(4)

Every
Oct 16

National Department Store Day

#DepartmentStoreDay #NationalDepartmentStoreDay

Every
Oct 16

Steve Jobs Day

#SteveJobsDay #NationalSteveJobsDay

Every
Oct 16

Restart A Heart Day

#RestartAHeartDay #WorldRestartAHeartDay

Every
Oct 16

World Allergy Awareness Day

#WorldAllergyAwarenessDay #AllergyAwarenessDay

Every
Oct 16

National Liqueur Day

#LiqueurDay #NationalLiqueurDay

Every
Oct 16

Dictionary Day

#DictionaryDay #NationalDictionaryDay

Every
Oct 16

National Texas Twinkie Day

#NationalTexasTwinkieDay #TexasTwinkieDay

Every
Oct 16

World Endodontic Day

#WorldEndodonticDay #EndodonticDay

3rd Fri
in Oct

World Fruit & Vegetable Day

#WorldFruitAndVegetableDay #FruitAndVegetableDayMore(4)

3rd Fri
in Oct

World Student Day

#WorldStudentDay #IFESWSD

Every
Oct 16

John Dunsworth Day of Kindness

#JohnDunsworthDay #NationalJohnDunsworthDayMore(4)

Every
Oct 16

International Day of Action for Peoples' Food Sovereignty & against Transnational Corporations

#FoodSovereigntyDay

Fri of Wk. 2

Geologic Map Day

#GeologicMapDay #NationalGeologicMapDay

Every
Oct 16

National Eddie Day

#NationalEddieDay #EddieDay

Every
Oct 16

National Elaine Day

#NationalElaineDay #ElaineDay

Every
Oct 16

National Veterans BBQ Day

3rd Fri
in Oct

Buckle Up Phone Down Day (Missouri)

#BuckleUpPhoneDownDay #BUPDDay

Every
Oct 16

National Trey Day

#NationalTreyDay #TreyDay

Fri of Wk. 2

World Bank Action Day

#WBActionDay #WorldBankActionDay

Every
Oct 16

National "Don't Click It" Day

Every
Oct 16

Noah Webster's Birthday

#DictionaryDay #NationalDictionaryDay

Every
Oct 16

National Report Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) Fraud Day

Every
Oct 16

National Childhood Hunger Day

#ChildhoodNutritionDay #NationalChildhoodHungerDayMore(4)

Every
Oct 16

World Pandesal Day

#WorldPandesalDay #PandesalDay

Every
Oct 16

Blog Action Day

#BlogActionDay

Every
Oct 16

Learn a Word Day

#LearnAWordDay #NationalLearnAWordDay

Every
Oct 16

National Cut Up Your Credit Card Day

#NationalCutUpYourCreditCardD… #CutUpYourCreditCardDay

Every
Oct 16

Pope John Paul II Day (Poland)

#PopeJohnPaulIIDay

Every
Oct 16

Day of Atonement (Nation of Islam)

#DayOfAtonement

Every
Oct 16

John Brown Day (Vermont)

#JohnBrownDay

3rd Fri
in Oct

Canadian Library Workers Day (Canada)

#CanadianLibraryWorkersDay #CanadianLibraryWorkerDayMore(4)

Every
Oct 16

Kraft Heinz Pantry Day (Canada)

#KHPantryDay

Fri of Wk. 2

Shine A Light Night (Ireland)

#ShineALightNight

Every
Oct 16

Feast Day of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

#FeastOfStMargaretMaryAlacoque

Every
Oct 16

Feast Day of Saint Hedwig

Next year, October 16th falls on a Saturday. Last year, it fell on a Thursday.

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