This year it will be celebrated on 14 October. For more information please see the wikipedia article.
October 12th
october 12th -- Columbus day
It is on the second Monday in October, which in 2015 is Monday the 12th of October.
It's already passed.
October 12th, 1492.
October - specifically the 12th.
October 12th is NOT a National holiday in the United States. October 11th is Columbus Day and rarely do businesses/schools allow for a day off.
Columbus Day
Franklin D Roosevelt
Columbus Day was first celebrated in Colorado in 1906. Columbus Day is celebrated on October 12th each year. It celebrates Christopher Columbus arrival in the Americas.
October 12th is celebrated in Latin America as "Dia de la Raza", to honor the indigenous populations of the New World. In the U.S., October 12th is celebrated as Columbus Day, because Christopher Columbus "discovered the New World" on October 12th, 1492. Spain celebrates this day because it was King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella who financed Columbus's trip with the 3 boats, the Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria. Christopher Columbus was a native of Italy from Genoa, which is why October 12th is celebrated in Italy.
Christopher Columbus