Hispanic Day (Día de la Hispanidad) or National Day (Fiesta Nacional de España) is an annual national public holiday in Spain on October 12. It commemorates the day when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas in 1492. Hispanic Day is a national public holiday in Spain on October 12. Public life is generally quiet and many businesses and other organizations are closed. The main event every year is a military parade in the Spanish capital Madrid, presided over by King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia, accompanied by other members of the royal family, the Prime Minister, the […]