Also on October 12
🏛️ Public Holidays
US: Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day
Also observed in: Day of Indigenous Resistance (VE) · Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity (AR) · Día de la Raza (CO) · Día de la Resistencia Indígena (VE) · Día del Encuentro de dos Mundos (CL) · Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural (AR) · Fiesta Nacional de España (ES) · National Day of Spain (ES) · Nossa Senhora Aparecida (BR) · Our Lady of Aparecida (BR) and 3 more
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan ראש חודש חשון roshchodesh
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2013 — Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convención Province, Peru. ↗
- 2008 — Lithuanian nuclear power referendum, 2008 is performed. ↗
- 2005 — The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit. ↗
- 2002 — Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300. ↗
- 2000 — The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 2002 — Iris Apatow, American actress
- 1997 — Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
- 1996 — Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer
- 1994 — Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994 — Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer