Discovery Day commemorates the discovery of the Sister Islands of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman by Christopher Columbus in 1503. The public holiday is celebrated on the third Monday in May. Colombia celebrates October 12 as "Discovery Day", coinciding with the Columbus Day celebrations of many other countries in the New World. March 6 marks the day in 1521 that Magellan's expedition dropped anchor in Umatac Bay. December 5, the date in 1492 when Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola in what is now Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti, is called Discovery Day. Today the island is shared by two countries: Haiti and
Chile Day held on 6–7 September in London. Chile Day Chile Day is an annual event held in London, United Kingdom, and New York, United States. The main purpose of the event is to promote the Chilean national branding, attract foreign investment, promote tourism in Chile and advertise Chilean export goods while also strengthening Chilean-British and Chilean-American socio-cultural ties. This day was initiated by Minister of Finance, Felipe Larraín Bascuñáin in 2011. A special edition of the event was held in the Czech city of Liberec in 2016. The first Chile Day for 2018 was held in April in New York City,