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,
Children's Day of Children's Day is for parents and children to spend the day together, and work together to reconcile their problems. In Venezuela, Children's Day is celebrated the third Sunday of July. In Vietnam, Children's Day is celebrated on 1 June as ICD and on the full moon of the 8th lunar month during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Children's Day was established as a holiday in Zimbabwe in 1991 (Day of the African Child). Children's Day International Children's Day is a day recognized to celebrate children. The day is celebrated on various dates in different countries. Children's Day began on the second