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.

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

Thailand: The Passing of King Bhumibol

In remembrance of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX who died on October 13th 2016.

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

Observances on October 12th 2026

USA: Native American Day

Native American Day is a good reminder to reflect on, and learn more about, the important contributions of Native American people.

USA: National Kick Butt Day

Hey, it's the second Monday in October - don't you something you need to do, instead of sitting around reading?

USA: National Online Bank Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Online Bank Day

USA: Indigenous People's Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Indigenous People's Day.

USA: National Kick Butts Day

Kick Butts Day involves more than 1,000 events in schools and communities across the United States and even around the world.

United Kingdom: UK Coffee Week

Find out the dates, history and traditions of UK Coffee Week.

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.

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 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
1994 - NASA loses radio contact with the Magellan spacecraft as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of Venus.
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
1792 – First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York City.
1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies.