This is our day guide for Monday October 12th 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on October 12th 2015
International: Day of respect for cultural diversity
<p>Honors indigenous people on the date when Columbus first set foot in the Americas.</p>
Bahamas: National Heroes' Day
The second Monday in October is National Heroes Day, which replaced Discovery Day in 2013
Brazil: Lady of Aparecida
Known as 'Nossa Senhora de Aparecida', it honours Brazil's patron saint, the Virgin Mary Aparecida. Mary is honoured with a ten day festival in the city near São Paulo that bears her name
Cambodia: Ancestors' Day
Pchum Ben, also known as Ancestors' Day, is a Cambodian religious festival which culminates on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, marking the end of the Buddhist lentRegional
Canada (regional): Thanksgiving
Celebrated on the Second Monday in October and statutory, except in Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.Regional
India (regional): Mahalaya
Marks the first day of the festival of Durga Puja
Japan: Health-Sports Day
Japan celebrates Sports Day to promote sports and an active lifestyle to ensure a healthy mind and body
Mexico: Day of the Pluricultural Nation
Not an official holiday, this day commemorates the exact date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas
North Macedonia: Revolution Day (in lieu)
Beginning of Anti-fascist war during WWII in 1941
Spain: Hispanic Day
This national holiday commemorates the exact date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas
Turks and Caicos Islands: National Heritage Day
This holiday replaced Columbus Day in 2014, which was also held on the second Monday In OctoberRegional
USA: Columbus Day
This national holiday commemorates the exact date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the AmericasRegional
USA (regional): Native Americans Day
This state holiday has been adopted on the second Monday in October to replace Columbus DayGo to Today | October 13th 2015
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| General Information for October 12th 2015 | |
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| There are 13 public holidays today. | |
| Day 285 of 2015 | |
| 80 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 42 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1960 - Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at United Nations General Assembly meeting to protest a Philippine assertion of Soviet Unioncolonial policy being conducted in Eastern Europe | |
| 1928 – An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston | |
| 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage. | |
| 1748 – British and Spanish naval forces engage at the Battle of Havana during the War of Jenkins' Ear. |
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