Editing October 8 (section)

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Evodus|Evodus (or Yves)]]
**[[Palatias and Laurentia]]
**[[Saint Pelagia|Pelagia]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Churches)
**[[Saint Reparata|Reparata]]
**[[San Ernesto]], [[Che Guevara]] as a folk saint. ([[Bolivia]]n [[Peasant|campesinos]])
**[[Simeon (Gospel of Luke)]]
**[[Thaïs (saint)|Thaïs]]
**[[William Dwight Porter Bliss]] and [[Richard T. Ely]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]])
**[[October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[World Space Week]] (October 4–10)
*[[Indian Air Force|Air Force Day]] (India)
*[[Arbor Day#Namibia|Arbor Day]] ([[Namibia]])
*[[Children's Day]] ([[Iran]])
*[[Peruvian Navy|Navy Day]] ([[Peru]])
*[[International Lesbian Day]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Lesbian Day |url=https://www.lgbtiqhealth.org.au/international_lesbian_day2 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=LGBTIQ+ Health Australia}}</ref>
*National [[Fluffernutter]] Day<ref>{{cite web|title=National Fluffernutter Day|url=http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-fluffernutter-day-october-8/|website=[[National Day Calendar]]|access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>