Columbus Day
Columbus Day is observed in Puerto Rico (Dรญa de la Raza / Descubrimiento de Amรฉrica). Recognized nationally.
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Full history โNotable ยท 2013
Twelve people were killed in an apartment-building collapse in Medellรญn, leading to new construction laws being passed in Colombia.- 20222022 Bratislava shooting, killing 3 (including the perpetrator) and injuring one. The shooting occurred outside of a gay bar in Bratislava known as Teplรกreล. Two people (excluding the perpetrator) died as a result of the shooting: Juraj Vankuliฤ, a non-binary person, and Matรบลก Horvรกth, a bisexual man. The perpetrator (Juraj Krajฤรญk) was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot the morning after the attack.
- 2019Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people.
- 2019Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna.