Discovery Day
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Discovery Day is the name of several holidays.
[edit] Canada
In Yukon, Discovery Day is a public holiday on the third Monday in August commemorating the anniversary of the discovery of gold in 1896, which started the Klondike Gold Rush.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, it is on June 24 and commemorates John Cabot's discovery in 1497.
[edit] Hispaniola
The date in 1492 that Christopher Columbus discovered Haiti, December 5, is also called Discovery Day. It is celebrated all throughout the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic).
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