October 12 is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years). 80 days remain until the end of the year.
"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating."
Luciano Pavarotti
Born today
Luciano Pavarotti, 1935, Opera singer
Observances
Children's Day (Brazil)
Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances:
Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España, also Armed Forces Day (Spain)
Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela)
Día de las Américas (Belize)
Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica)
Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural, "Day of respect for cultural diversity" (Argentina)
Discovery Day (The Bahamas, Colombia)
Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley, celebrated as "Crowleymas" (Thelema)
Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
Hafez Day (Iran)
Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea), celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968.
National Farmers Day (US)
National Chess Day (US)
