October 12 Holidays (2023/2024), Historical Events, Famous Birthdays

Holiday name	Holiday location	Holiday type
Indigenous Resistance Day	Multiple [Show]	National Holiday
Our Lady Aparecida/Children's Day	Brazil	National Holiday
Dia de la raza	Guatemala	National Holiday
Independence Day	Equatorial Guinea	National Holiday
Old Farmers Day	-	Unofficial (Work & Occupation)
Hispanic Day	Spain	National Holiday
Columbus Day	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Pan American Day	Belize	Public Holiday
Day of respect for cultural diversity	Argentina	National Holiday
Day of the Cultures	Costa Rica	Observance
National Heroes Day	The Bahamas	Public Holiday
Constitution Day	Sint Maarten	Public Holiday
National Heritage Day	Turks and Caicos Islands	Public Holiday
Native Americans' Day	United States (South Dakota)	Local Observance
Indigenous People's Day	Multiple [Show]	Local Observance
Thanksgiving Day	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Thanksgiving Day	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Virgin Islands - Puerto Rico Friendship Day (Columbus Day)	US Virgin Islands	Observance
Sports Day	Japan	National Holiday
Mother's Day	Malawi	Observance
National Savings Day	-	Unofficial (Awareness & Cause)
National Freethought Day	-	Unofficial (Awareness & Cause)
National Farmer’s Day	-	Unofficial (Work & Occupation)
National Gumbo Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
National Online Bank Day	-	Unofficial (Products & Technology )
National Kick Butt Day	-	Unofficial (Activity & Action)
Commonwealth Cultural Day	Northern Mariana Islands	Public Holiday
Lotu a Tamaiti	Samoa	Public Holiday
National Pulled Pork Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
World Arthritis Day	-	Unofficial (Health & Body)

October 12 2019 holidays

October 12 2021 holidays

Historical Events on October 12

1692: Massachusetts Governor Sir William Phips ends the Salem Witch Trials by sending a letter officially closing the matter.
1773: The first insane asylum in the United States opens on this day.
1792: New York City holds its first Columbus Day Celebration.
1793: The cornerstone of the oldest state university in the U.S – Old East – is laid on the campus at the University of North Carolina.
1823: The first raincoat is sold by Charles Macintosh.
1918: A huge forest fire in Cloquet, Minnesota ends up killing over 450 people.
1928: For the first time, an iron lung respirator is used at a Children’s Hospital in Boston.
1933: Alcatraz Citadel become Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary when it’s changed from a military fort and prison to a civilian prison.
1942: After the Battle of Cape Esperance during World War II, Japanese naval forces retreat.
1944: During World War II, the Axis occupation of the Greek city of Athens comes to an end on this day.
1945:S Army Corporeal who served as a combat medic during World War II, becomes the first conscientious objector to ever receive the United States Medal of Honor.
1960: Leader of the Japanese Socialist Party, Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live television broadcast.