Quebec's National Holiday^[1] (French: La Fête nationale du Québec) is celebrated annually on June 24, St. John the Baptist Day^[2][3]

Discovery Day is the name of several holidays commemorating the discovery of land, gold, and other significant national discoveries.

In the Bahamas Discovery Day is a public holiday on October 12, celebrating the arrival of Christoper Columbus in the New World in 1492. It coincides with the Columbus Day celebrations of many other countries in the Americas. Columbus's initial landfall was on the now-unknown island of Guanahani in the Bahamas in 1492.If Discovery Day falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, it is observed the following Monday. Schools, Banks, Public Offices and most shops are closed on Discovery Day.