Day Guide for Monday October 12th 2026 What are the holidays on October 12th 2026?

This is our day guide for Monday October 12th 2026 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 2026

International: Day of respect for cultural diversity

<p>Honors indigenous people on the date when Columbus first set foot in the Americas.</p>

International: Columbus Day

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

Bahamas: National Heroes' Day

The second Monday in October is National Heroes Day, which replaced Discovery Day in 2013

Belize: Indigenous People’s Resistance Day (in lieu)

Marks the arrival of Columbus in the Americas on October 12th 1492

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

Burundi: Prince Louis Rwagasore Day

Marks the assassination in 1961 of a Burundi nationalist and prime minister

Cambodia: Ancestors' Day Holiday

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 lent

Public sector only

Canada: Thanksgiving

Celebrated on the Second Monday in October and statutory, except in Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

Cayman Islands: National Day of Wellness

The Cayman Islands is the first country in the world to observe a public holiday for wellness.

Equatorial Guinea: Independence Day

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

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

Samoa: Lotu a Tamaiti Holiday

Day after White Sunday, when parents and communities celebrate childhood

Sint Maarten: Constitution Day

The constitution came into force on October 10th 2010, the date of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles

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 October

Regional

USA (regional): US Indigenous People's Day

This state holiday has been adopted on the second Monday in October to replace Columbus Day

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General Information for October 12th 2026
There are 17 public holidays today.
Day 285 of 2026
80 days left in 2026
Week 42 of the year
On this Day in History
1999 - Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
1994 - NASA loses radio contact with the Magellan spacecraft as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of Venus.
1810 – First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon.