Day Guide for Thursday October 12th 2023 What are the holidays on October 12th 2023?

This is our day guide for Thursday October 12th 2023 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 2023

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

Equatorial Guinea: Independence Day

Independence from Spain on 12 October 1968, when the country became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

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

Spain: Hispanic Day

This national holiday commemorates the exact date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas

Venezuela: Indigenous Resistance Day

Not an official holiday, this day Honors the heroes of the anti-Spanish resistance

Observances on October 12th 2023

USA: National Farmer’s Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Farmer’s Day

USA: National Freethought Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Freethought Day

USA: National Gumbo Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Gumbo Day

USA: National Pulled Pork Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Pulled Pork Day

USA: National Savings Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Savings Day

USA: National Vermont Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Vermont Day

Brazil: Children's Day in Brazil

Falling on a national holiday, this is a popular day to give presents to children.

International: World Arthritis Day

Arthritis is a disease that affects approximately 350 million people worldwide, including nearly 40 million people in the United States.

International: World Sight Day

Join the global movement on World Sight Day to raise awareness about eye health and vision impairment, advocating for accessible eye care worldwide.

Italy: Christopher Columbus Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Christopher Columbus Day in Italy.

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General Information for October 12th 2023
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 285 of 2023
80 days left in 2023
Week 41 of the year
On this Day in History
1997 - US singer/songwriter John Denver dies in an air crash near Pacific Grove, California, when he was piloting his Rutan Long EZ.
1992 - 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
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
1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies.