Monday 12 October 2020 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

STATE OF ALABAMA. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR: "WHEREAS, many of our state citizens are of Native American Indian heritage, and their Traditional Ways have greatly..→

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he complete..→

Columbus Day is a federal U.S. holiday that officially commemorates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the New World on October 12, 1492. Though the holi..→

Farmer’s Day has history dating back to the 1800’s. There are some cities and towns across the United States that have their own versions of Farmer’s Day, with celebratio..→

Fraternal Day was originally celebrated in Alabama on the second Thursday of October beginning in 1915. In 1915, The Fraternal Monitor, published by the National Fratern..→

The idea of replacing Columbus Day with a day celebrating the indigenous people of North America first arose in 1977 from the International Conference on Discrimination A..→

In 1989, the South Dakota legislature unanimously passed legislation proposed by Governor George S. Mickelson to proclaim 1990 as the "Year of Reconciliation" b..→

It is easy to be insular in thinking when geographic factors facilitate it but it is good for us in the Virgin Islands to retain some regard for our neighbors, even if th..→

World Arthritis Day (WAD), established in 1996 by Arthritis and Rheumatism International (ARI) is a global initiative bringing people together to raise awareness of issue..→