This public holiday in Sri Lanka takes place on the full moon day of Vap, the seventh month in the Sinhalese calendar. It usually falls in October in the Western calendar. The festival Marks Buddha's preaching of Abhidamma to the gods in Tavatimsa and the end of the Buddhist period of fasting
Halloween traces its roots to the pre-Christian Celtic festival of Samhain, which was celebrated on the night of Oct. 31. The ancient Celts believed the dead returned to earth on Samhain and would celebrate with bonfires and other practices to honor the deceased.
Inauguration of Ananda College, Colombo by Colonel Henry Steele Olcott 1886
Inauguration of Nalanda College, Colombo.1925
1957 Soviet Russia launches a dog (Laika) sahitha satellite.
National Day of the Democratic Republic of Germany 1949