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Columbus Day History. Less Known story of Columbus Day 

Celebrations honoring Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas in 1492

is called Columbus Day.

First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World, after the painting 

by Discoro Téofilo de la Puebla, the Columbus Day Observed by USA, some Latin 

American countries and Spain 

Many countries in the World celebrate Columbus Day - the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's 

arrival in the Americas as an official holiday. 

In canada Columbus Day and Thanksgiving Day fall on the same date.

Columbus Day - Columbus' arrival in the Americas:

Columbus Day celebrations commemorate the Genoese explorer's first expedition across the Atlantic 

Ocean in 1492. 

Columbus Day Story:

Columbus Day came when Columbus, on commission by the Spanish monarchy, was hoping to find a new 

naval route to India and the other nations of the East, but instead found the American continent 

which was virtually unknown to Europeans at the time. 

On that Columbus Day story Columbus's sailor Rodrigo de Triana was the first on the voyage to spot 

land in the New World.

On the Columbus Day Rodrigo found the island the natives called Guanahani at approximately 2:00 AM 

on October 12, 1492. 

On Columbus Day the exact location of the island where columbus arrived is unknown, though it was 

somewhere in the Bahamas. 

On the Columbus Day Columbus's expedition launched the first large-scale European colonization 

of the Americas.

COLUMBUS DAY DATE:

Columbus Day as per columbus arrived america on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar 

and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar.  

Columbus Day Date:

second Monday in October in USA

October 12 actual / traditional

Columbus Day 2007 date:

October 8 in USA

Columbus Day 2008 date:

October 13 in USA

Columbus Day 2009 date:

October 12 in USA

Columbus Day - Many names in many countries:

Columbus Day is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States.

Columbus Day is Día de la Raza or Day of the Race in many countries in Latin America.

Columbus Day is Día de las Culturas or Day of the Cultures in Costa Rica.

Columbus Day is Discovery or Day in The Bahamas.

Columbus Day is Día de la Hispanidad Hispanic or Day and National Day in Spain.

Columbus Day is Día de la Resistencia Indígena or Day of Indigenous Resistance in Venezuela.