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CATEGORIES:Federal and/or  State Holiday
CREATED:20221201T110552
SUMMARY:Columbus Day
DESCRIPTION:<p><b>Columbus Day</b> is a national holiday in many countries of the <a ti
 tle="Americas" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas">Americas</a> a
 nd elsewhere, and a <a title="Federal holidays in the United States" href="
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States">federa
 l holiday in the United States</a>, which officially celebrates the anniver
 sary of <a title="Christopher Columbus" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Christopher_Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a>'s <a title="Voyages of Chri
 stopher Columbus" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christophe
 r_Columbus">arrival in the Americas</a> on October 12, 1492.<sup id="cite_r
 ef-1" class="reference"></sup></p><p>Christopher Columbus was a <a title="R
 epublic of Genoa" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa">Ge
 novese</a>-born explorer who became a subject of the <a title="Spanish Empi
 re" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Empire">Hispanic Monarchy</
 a> to lead a Spanish enterprise to cross the <a title="Atlantic Ocean" href
 ="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> in searc
 h of an alternative route to the <a title="Far East" href="https://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Far_East">Far East</a>, only to land in the <a title="New Wor
 ld" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World">New World</a>. Columbus'
 s first voyage to the New World on the Spanish ships a title="Santa María (
 ship)&quot;&quot;"<i>Santa María</i></a>, <i>a title="Niña&quot;&quot;"Niña
 </a></i>, and <a title="Pinta (ship)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P
 inta_(ship)"><i>La Pinta</i></a> took about three months. Columbus and his 
 crew's arrival in the New World initiated the <a class="mw-redirect" title=
 "Colonisation of the Americas" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonisa
 tion_of_the_Americas">colonisation of the Americas</a> by Spain, followed i
 n the ensuing centuries by other European powers, as well as the transfer o
 f plants, animals, culture, human populations, and technology between the N
 ew and <a title="Old World" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World">
 Old Worlds</a>, an event referred to by some late 20th‐century historians a
 s the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Columbian Exchange" href="https://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Exchange">Columbian Exchange</a>.<sup id="cite_r
 ef-Smithsonian_2-0" class="reference"></sup></p><p>The landing is celebrate
 d as Columbus Day in the United States, but the name varies internationally
 . The <a title="Dominican Republic" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom
 inican_Republic">Dominican Republic</a> celebrates this day as "The Discove
 ry of the Americas". In some <a title="Latin America" href="https://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Latin_America">Latin American</a> countries, October 12 is k
 nown as <i>Día de <a title="La Raza" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La
 _Raza">la Raza</a></i> or "Day of the Race". This is the case for <a title=
 "Mexico" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico">Mexico</a>, which insp
 ired <a class="mw-redirect" title="Jose Vasconcelos" href="https://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Jose_Vasconcelos">José Vasconcelos</a>' book celebrating the 
 Day of the <a title="Ibero-America" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibe
 ro-America">Iberoamerican</a> race. Some countries such as <a title="Spain"
  href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain">Spain</a> refer to the holiday 
 as <i>Día de la Hispanidad</i> and <i>Fiesta Nacional de España</i>, where 
 it coincides with the <a title="Fiestas del Pilar" href="https://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/Fiestas_del_Pilar">religious festivity</a> of <i><a title="Our 
 Lady of the Pillar" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Pil
 lar">La Virgen del Pilar</a></i>. Since 2009, <a title="Peru" href="https:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru">Peru</a> has celebrated <i>Día de los pueblos 
 originarios y el diálogo intercultural</i> ("Indigenous Peoples and Intercu
 ltural Dialogue Day").<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"></sup> <a titl
 e="Belize" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize">Belize</a> and <a ti
 tle="Uruguay" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay">Uruguay</a> cele
 brate it as <i>Pan American Day</i> and <i>Día de las Américas</i> ("Day of
  the Americas"). <i>Giornata Nazionale di Cristoforo Colombo</i> or <i>Fest
 a Nazionale di Cristoforo Colombo</i> is the formal name of the celebration
  in <a title="Italy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy">Italy</a> a
 s well as in <a title="Little Italy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li
 ttle_Italy">Little Italys</a> around the world.</p>
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