Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates...
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The Columbus Day storm of 1962 (also known as the big blow of 1962, and originally in Canada as Typhoon Freda) was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck...
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Columbus Day is a 2008 crime drama starring Val Kilmer, Marg Helgenberger and Wilmer Valderrama. A thief has just one morning to fix the damage done during...
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Columbus Day is a national holiday in the United States of America. Columbus Day may also refer to: Columbus Day (film), directed by Charles Burmeister...
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same day as the U.S. federal holiday of Columbus Day, which honors Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. Some people do not observe Columbus Day at all...
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Christopher Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa...
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Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic...
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Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the...
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Mississippi Columbus, Missouri Columbus, Montana Columbus, Nebraska Columbus, New Jersey Columbus, New Mexico Columbus, New York Columbus, North Carolina...
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before Columbus Day (although it is sometimes coincident with the US' observation of Columbus Day). The 1874 book America Not Discovered by Columbus by Norwegian-American...
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first city in the country to make Election Day a paid holiday for city employees by eliminating Columbus Day. On April 12, 2020, the Governor of Virginia...
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Benjamin Harrison to institute Columbus Day as a national holiday and lobbied Congress for a national school celebration of the day. The magazine sent leaflets...
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The Columbus Quincentenary (1992) was the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' 1492 arrival in America. Similar to Columbus Day, the annual celebration...
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established Frances Xavier Cabrini Day as an annual, legal, state holiday on the first Monday of October. It repealed Columbus Day. It was passed on March 10...
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Christopher Columbus in the New World in 1492. It coincided with the Columbus Day celebrations of many other countries in the Americas. Columbus's initial...
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Monday) – Barack Obama Day All federal holidays except Columbus Day March 25–31 (last Monday) – Seward's Day October 18 – Alaska Day All federal holidays...
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Academic year (redirect from First day of school)
Peoples' Day Break – Columbus Day is always the second Monday in October. Many schools take a week off, though some areas only take Columbus Day itself...
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Public holidays in Colombia (redirect from Independence Day (Colombia))
La Asunción / (Assumption Day) (August 15) Día de la Raza / (Columbus Day) (October 12) Día de los Santos / All Saints’ Day (November 1) Independencia...
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and also established Columbus Day. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill that created Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It was first observed...
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Frank Sinatra (redirect from Columbus Day Riot)
show, and 35,000 fans left outside caused a near riot, known as the Columbus Day Riot, outside the venue because they were not allowed in. Such was the...
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programs. The Foundation organizes New York City's annual Columbus Celebration and Columbus Day Parade, which has celebrated Italian-American heritage on...
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National Aviation Day (August 19) is a United States national observation that celebrates the development of aviation. The National Aviation Day was established...
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Anti-Italianism (section Columbus Day)
Abolish Columbus Day are Wrong Archived 2023-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Accessed November 12, 2023 Italian Cultural Society of Sacramento, "Why Columbus Day...
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The Knights of Columbus (K of C) is a global Catholic fraternal service order founded by Blessed Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882. Membership is limited...
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Rochester bombings (redirect from Columbus Day bombings)
12 and November 6, 1970, in Rochester, New York. Beginning with the Columbus Day bombings on October, 12, the bombings were perpetrated by the Rochester...
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Columbus Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro a Colón, meaning "Lighthouse to Columbus") is a mausoleum monument to Christopher Columbus located in Santo Domingo...
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Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly...
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Thanksgiving (redirect from Thanksgiving Day)
American Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect, the American observance of Columbus Day has coincided with the Canadian observance of Thanksgiving. In the Australian...
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Procedure (effective January 1, 2022), making Native American Day a judicial holiday; Columbus Day remains on the list of holidays in Government Code 6700,...
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Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day; there are also some holidays where trading is permitted, including Columbus Day, Veterans Day, and New Year's Eve. If Juneteenth...
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