World Octopus Day
Celebrating the eight-armed molluscs with three hearts, blue blood, and problem-solving skills that outclass most mammals. They can open jars from the inside.
- Category
- Animal
- Observed in
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Australia
Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2019
Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.- 2020Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.
- 2019About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.
- 2016In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.