Official Public Holiday
Columbus Day
Columbus Day is listed as a public holiday in United States.
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Official Public Holiday
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Indigenous Peoples' Day is listed as a public holiday in United States.
Official Public Holiday
Columbus Day Day
The banks are closed. The mail doesn't run. The schools debate. You observe.
Official Public Holiday
Indigenous Peoples' Day Day
The history is complex. The voices are heard. The conversation continues. You learn.
World Calendar Day
World Good Neighbor Hello Day
A day for the first greeting, the open door, and the small courtesies that make streets, villages, apartments, and shops feel human.
World Calendar Day
Dia de la Raza
National holiday. The holiday has been renamed and reclaimed, but the conversation continues. Chile's indigenous peoples, especially the Mapuche, have shaped the country's identity, its land disputes, its politics, and its future. Today is for listening.
Regional/Cultural Day
United States Shared Umbrella Day
A day for practical kindness when weather interrupts the plan.
Regional/Cultural Day
Front Step Sweep Day
A day for the entrance that tells visitors someone cares about this place.
Regional/Cultural Day
Marbled Orb Weaver Day
They are orange and black. They build webs at dusk. They eat moths at night. You watch them work.
Regional/Cultural Day
Animals of Jamaica Day
You discover Jamaica's distinctive hutias, the island's endangered native rodents, alongside colorful red-billed streamertail hummingbirds found nowhere else on Earth. You observe that Jamaican families typically keep dogs, cats, and fighting cocks as their most common pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
Regional/Cultural Day
Products of Martinique Day
You discover Rhum Clément and Rhum JM, the iconic French Caribbean rums that define Martinique's agricultural legacy and distilling tradition. You understand how these rums embody the island's sugar cane heritage and remain central to both local culture and the global premium rum market.