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)
- UN Spanish Language Day (United Nations)
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