October 12·Every year

Dia de la Raza

October 12th marks Columbus's 1492 arrival in the Caribbean — a date observed very differently across Latin America. Dia de la Raza, or Day of the Race, celebrates the blending of Indigenous, European, and African cultures that produced Latin American identity. Several countries have renamed the holiday: Venezuela's Dia de la Resistencia Indigena, Bolivia's Dia de la Descolonizacion. The date and its meaning are still being negotiated.

Category: Culture
Observed in: MexicoofficialArgentinaofficialColombiaofficialVenezuelaofficialChileofficial

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Twelve people were killed in an apartment-building collapse in Medellín, 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 Tepláreň. Two people (excluding the perpetrator) died as a result of the shooting: Juraj Vankulič, a non-binary person, and Matúš Horváth, a bisexual man. The perpetrator (Juraj Krajčík) 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.