The International Day of Older People is observed on October 1 each year.

On December 14, 1990, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older People as recorded in Resolution 45/106.

[1] The holiday was observed for the first time on October 1, 1991.

[2] The observance is a focus of ageing organizations and the United Nations Programme on Ageing.

There is an initiative to celebrate October 1 as the International Longevity Day in order to draw attention to aging as a medical challenge that requires, first of all, biomedical solution.