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in 1497. In June 2020, it was announced that the name of the holiday would be changed in consultation with Indigenous groups in the province. As of 2023 no new name has been assigned, and it still has the temporarily designated name of "June Holiday".
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is the name of several holidays commemorating the discovery of land, gold, and other significant national discoveries.
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celebrations of many other countries in the Americas. Columbus's initial landfall was on the now-unknown island of
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November 19, the date in 1493 when Columbus landed on the island is an official holiday. Not to be confused with
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The Bahamas Discovery Day was a public holiday on October 12, that celebrated the arrival of
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holiday, which is a public holiday observed on the second Monday in October.
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March 6 marks the day in 1521 that Magellan's expedition dropped anchor in
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It was last observed as a holiday in 2012 and has been replaced by
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to land in Brazil in 1500 (although this discovery is
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commemorates the discovery of the Sister Islands of
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Holiday commemorating significant national discovery
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