columbus day

     

The Society for Human Resource Management says, of the 10 federal holidays, it's the least observed by the private sector

Trivia about columbus day

  • This holiday is also known as Discovery Day
  • Italian-American's have made this their equivalent of St. Patrick's Day
  • October holiday which Mexicans call Dia de la Raza is celebrated in the U.S. as this
  • Nixon made the second Monday of October a national holiday & called it this
  • South Dakotans celebrate this October holiday as Native American Day
  • The second Monday in October, it's also called Discoverers' Day
  • This holiday would certainly make "World News Tonight"
  • New York City was the first to observe it October 12, 1792
  • The historical event which this holiday celebrates occurred 508 years ago
  • A bill signed in 1968 made it a federal public holiday on the second Monday in October
  • In 1792 NYC honored the 300th anniv. of a famous arrival with the first major U.S. celebration of this holiday
  • This holiday was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1792, the 300th anniversary of a historic event
  • A 1968 law passed by Congress stipulated that this holiday be celebrated on the second Monday in October
  • In 2006 it was celebrated on October 9, 3 days before its traditional observance
  • Jim Victor made parmesan ships with pizza dough sails & spaghetti rigging for a 2005 parade honoring this holiday
  • Although first celebrated in 1792, it didn't become a legal holiday until 1971; now it's controversial

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