Discoverers’ Day in United States - 2024
14 Oct 2024, Monday
Discoverers’ Day is a state observance in the USA
How many days until Discoverers’ Day 2024? [Countdown]
How many months until Discoverers’ Day 2024?
5 Months, 15 Days
How many weeks until Discoverers’ Day 2024?
24 Weeks
How many days until Discoverers’ Day 2024?
168 Days
How many hours until Discoverers’ Day 2024?
4,032 Hours
How many minutes until Discoverers’ Day 2024?
241,920 Minutes
When is Discoverers’ Day in United States 2024?
14 October 2024, Monday
About: Discoverers’ Day
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. Columbus went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492. On his return in 1493, Columbus moved his coastal base of operations 70 miles east to the island of Hispaniola, what is now the Dominican Republic and established the settlement of La Isabela, the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Americas. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who led a Spanish maritime expedition to cross the Atlantic Ocean in search of an alternative route to the Far East, only to land in the New World. Columbus's first voyage to the New World on the Spanish ships the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María, and took about three months.
| Observed by | Various countries in the Americas, Italy, Spain, various Little Italys around the world. |
|---|---|
| Significance | Celebrations honoring Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas in 1492, Recognize contributions of Americans of Italian descent |
| Date | October 12 (actual/traditional), second Monday in October (observed in the United States) |
| last year date | October (. October last year) |
| date | October 12 (actual/traditional), second Monday in October (observed in the United States) |
| next year date | October (. October next year) |
| +2 years date | October (United States) |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Wikidata description | national holiday celebrating the arrival in and subsequent colonization of the Americas by Christopher Columbus |
| Wikidata id | Q367523 |
| Wikidata label | Columbus Day |
| Wikidata aliases | Array |
Discoverers’ Day (2024) in other countries.
| S.no. | Country | Date | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 14 Oct, Monday | Discoverers’ Day | Local holiday , Hawaii (HI) |