World Mental Health Day

Name: World Mental Health Day
Start: 2000-10-10
End: 2000-10-10
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On October 10, in the year 0, World Mental Health Day. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of October 10, a notable event in this corner of history.

World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. On this day, thousands of supporters come to celebrate this annual awareness program to bring attention to mental illness and its major effects on people's lives worldwide. In addition, this day provides an opportunity for mental health professionals to discuss and shed light on their work, making mental health a priority worldwide. In some countries this day is part of an awareness week, such as Mental Health Week in Australia.

Key Facts

This event took place on October 10, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 10 September 2026.

On This Date in History

Type	Year	Date	Event
Notable Deaths	2025	Oct 10	John Lodge, English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 10	Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 10	Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (born 1928)
Historical Events	2022	Oct 10	Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic…
Notable Deaths	2022	Oct 10	Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2021	Oct 10	Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)
Historical Events	2018	Oct 10	Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people…
Historical Events	2018	Oct 10	The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed…
Notable Deaths	2016	Oct 10	Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (born 1926)
Historical Events	2015	Oct 10	Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 10	Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 10	Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 10	Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 10	Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 10	Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 10	Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 10	Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 10	Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 10	Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (born 1977)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 10	Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 10	Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 10	Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 10	Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 10	Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 10	Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 10	Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 10	Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 10	Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 10	Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 10	Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (born 1941)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 10	Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (born 1919)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 10	Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Historical Events	2010	Oct 10	The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 10	Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940)
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 10	Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926)
Historical Events	2009	Oct 10	Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by…
Notable Deaths	2009	Oct 10	Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)
Notable Deaths	2008	Oct 10	Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (born 1947)
Historical Events	2007	Oct 10	Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
Notable Deaths	2006	Oct 10	Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2006	Oct 10	Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2005	Oct 10	Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (born 1921)
Notable Deaths	2005	Oct 10	Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 10	Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (born 1963)
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 10	Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 10	Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (born 1915)
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 10	Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (born 1932)
Selected Events	2004	Oct 10	Eight-year-old Huang Na was abducted and murdered; her body was found three weeks later after a search across…
Notable Deaths	2003	Oct 10	Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2003	Oct 10	Eugene Istomin, American pianist (born 1925)