See also: Butlerwebs' October Holidays, Observances, Celebrity Birthdays, etc.
and for more info on upcoming movie premieres check out Coming Soon! or Zap2it; for TV premieres check out the futon critic; for dvd releases check out Coming Soon! or Amazon DVD; for music releases check out Amazon Music or CDJapan; for literature check out Amazon Books or Barnes & Noble Books; for games check out Amazon Computer & Video Games; for anime & manga check out Anime News Network; for conventions & festivals see tek's events links and Otakuphrenia's con links.

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Oktoberfest (Germany)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Eid al-fitr (Ramadan ends) (Islamic; 1st Shawwal, 1429 A.H.)
• TV events:
  • Pushing Daisies season premiere, 8pm EDT on ABC

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Buy a Friend a Book Week

• TV events:
  • The Secret Saturdays series premiere, 8pm EDT on Cartoon Network
  • Sanctuary series premiere, 9pm EDT on Sci-Fi
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars series premiere, 9pm EDT on Cartoon Network
• Movie openings:
  • Blindness
  • Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
  • Rachel Getting Married (NY & LA)

• TV events:
  • Studio DC: Almost Live new episode airs, 8pm EDT on Disney Channel
  • Valentine series premiere, 8pm EDT on the CW

• DVD releases:
  • Ghost Hunt - part 1
  • The Happening
  • The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete First Season
  • Sleeping Beauty - 50th anniversary edition

• TV events:
  • South Park mid-season premiere, 10pm EDT on Comedy Central

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Yom Kippur (Jewish; Tishri 10, A.M. 5769)

• TV events:
  • Ben 10: Alien Force season premiere, 9:30pm EDT on Cartoon Network
• Movie openings:
  • City of Ember

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • aperk45's birthday (friend of tek)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Columbus Day (USA; Monday)
  • Thanksgiving Day (Canada; Monday)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Sukkot (Jewish; Tishri 15-21, A.M. 5769)

• DVD releases:
  • Bleach: Memories of Nobody
  • Claymore - vol. 1
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • Naruto - Uncut Box Set vol. 10

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • National Boss's Day (USA)
  • WebOfConfusion's birthday (16 Collecting, Y3)

• TV events:
  • Crusoe series premiere, 8pm EDT on NBC
• Movie openings:
  • Max Payne

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Sweetest Day (Saturday)

• TV events:
  • 13 Nights of Halloween on ABC Family

• DVD releases:
  • Rocket Girls - Complete Collection

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • United Nations Day

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Make A Difference Day (USA; Saturday)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Moxie's birthday (friend of tek)

• DVD releases:
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Kitaro
  • Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl
  • Ouran High School Host Club - part 1
  • Tinker Bell
• Music releases:
  • Pink: Funhouse

• Historic events:
  • Black Tuesday (USA; 1929)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Devil's Night (Mischief Night)
• Historic events:
  • War of the Worlds broadcast on Mercury Theatre On the Air, 1938
• TV events:
  • 30 Rock season premiere, 9:30pm EDT on NBC

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Halloween (Christian/Commercial) / Samhain Eve (Pagan)

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All years are Common Era unless otherwise indicated (years given for other calendars- e.g., Jewish, Islamic, Chinese- will be the current year for no particular reason, unlike CE years, which generally refer to historic dates). Most calendar links are to external websites, though a very few will be to other sections of this site. Movie release dates will generally be for wide (national) release unless, on rare occasions, noted to be limited releases. If a movie listed here specifically says (wide), it will be because it has already been in limited release from an earlier date. DVD links (generally to Amazon) will be for widescreen releases whenever possible (if you prefer fullscreen, please check Amazon for such an edition; the widescreen pages I link to should have their own links to other editions of the DVD).