October 12 - Holidays

Holidays and observances

  • Christian Feast Day:
    • Heribert of Cologne (private feast day)
    • Wilfrid of York
    • October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Children's Day or Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil)
  • Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances:
    • Descubrimiento de América (Mexico)
    • Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
    • Día de la Raza, "Day of the Race" (Latin America)
    • Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela)
    • Día de las Américas, "Day of the Americas" (Uruguay)
    • Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica)
    • Discovery Day (the Bahamas)
  • Freethought Day (United States)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968.
  • Mother's Day (Malawi)
  • National Coming Out Day (United Kingdom)

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