saturday, oct 30th
October 31st this year is not a leap year.
veterans day is November 11th
Halloween is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day.
It wasnt the druids that set Halloween at the end of october. The Celts observed Samhain at the season change. When summer becomes Autumn. But the christians moved it to the END of october to coincide with All saints day. (halloween is a shortened version of Hallowed eve, or the day before the sacred day.)
Halloween is observed on October 31st and has its roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints' Day, but is today a secular celebration. On Halloween it is common to wear costumes and go trick or treating (go door to door asking for candy).
Yes, October 31 is traditionally All Hallows Eve or Halloween, the following day being All Saints Day.
The holidays that are the same and observed in the United States as well as the UK are New Years Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, April Fools Day, Halloween and Christmas.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagement only because they were suspected of being involved with the day's events.
In the United States, the Federal holiday that comes before Halloween (which isn't a Federal holiday) is Columbus Day. Originally, it was observed on October 12, but since 1970, the observance is locked into the second Monday in October. Not all states recognized the observance. The nationally recognized holiday before Halloween is Labor Day - the first Monday in September.
The dates of Reformation Day and Halloween are mere coincidence. Reformation Day did not "transform" into Halloween, and is a separate holiday.
For those who do celebrate it (though many do not), it is observed on the same day as Western cultures - October 31st. Halloween has only recently caught on in Italy. As a result, many of the older generation don't know how to respond to Trick-or-Treaters.
All-Saints day coincides with Halloween, it falls on November I. Obviousy as big one in New Orleans, as Dick Van Dyke observed decades ago.