Columbus Day in Denver. The first statewide holiday was proclaimed by Colorado governor Jesse F. McDonald in 1905, and it was made a statutory holiday in 1907. In April 1934, as a result of lobbying by the Knights of Columbus and New York City Italian leader Generoso Pope, Congress and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed October 12 be a federal holiday under the name Columbus Day. Since 1971 (Oct. 11), the holiday has been attributed to the second Monday in October, coincidentally exactly the same day as Thanksgivingin neighboring Canada since 1957. It is generally observed nowadays by banks, the bond market,
Day of the Young Combatant Day of the Young Combatant Day of the Young Combatant () is a non-official commemoration day, celebrated each March 29 in Chile. Its main purpose is remembering the deaths of brothers Rafael and Eduardo Vergara Toledo, which occurred on March 29, 1985 during the dictatorship in Chile. The brothers were reportedly members of a pro-Marxist, anti-government insurgent group called MIR. The commemoration is a call for human rights awareness and inquiry into several cases of extra judicial killings during the dictatorship. Violence often involves throwing rocks against buildings, vehicles, and police, as well as fire-bombing with Molotov cocktails. Given the