Buy-A-Doughnut Day
Buy-A-Doughnut Day falls on October 30, and the instruction to buy rather than bake is sound advice, because frying yeasted dough at home is genuinely difficult.
Friday, October 30, 2026
5 holidays celebrated today.
Candy Corn Day
Candy Corn Day falls on October 30, the day before Halloween, and celebrates the layered sugar candy invented in the 1880s that is still a fall staple.
Create A Great Funeral Day
Create a Great Funeral Day falls on October 30, asking people to record their own wishes so that relatives are not left guessing during the worst week of their lives.
Mischief Night
Mischief Night falls on October 30, a regional tradition of pranks the night before Halloween that turned genuinely destructive in some cities and has faded since.
National Tell A Story Day
National Tell a Story Day falls on October 30, asking for a story told aloud rather than read, including the family ones that disappear when nobody records them.