Columbus Day Columbus's landing in the New World on the 400th anniversary of the event. During the anniversary in 1892, teachers, preachers, poets and politicians used rituals to teach ideals of patriotism. These rituals took themes such as citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation, and the celebration of social progress. Many Italian-Americans observe Columbus Day as a celebration of their heritage, and the first such celebration was held in New York City on October 12, 1866. The day was first enshrined as a legal holiday in the United States through the lobbying of Angelo Noce, a first generation Italian,
Day of the Programmer day is chosen because 1024 = 2, and this does not have leap year issue. Day of the Programmer The Day of the Programmer is an international professional day that is celebrated on the 256th (hexadecimal 100th, or the 2th) day of each year (September 13 during common years and on September 12 in leap years). It is officially recognized in Russia. The number 256 (2) was chosen because it is the number of distinct values that can be represented with an eight-bit byte, a value well-known to programmers. 256 is also the highest power of two that is less