Columbus Day
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Columbus Day

First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World; painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862)

Observed by	Various countries in the Americas, Italy, Spain, various Little Italys around the world.
Type	Historical
Significance

Celebrations honoring Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492

Recognize contributions of Americans of Italian descent

Date	October 12 (actual/traditional); second Monday in October (observed in the United States)
2023 date	October 9 (2023-10-09)
2024 date	October 14 (2024-10-14)
2025 date	October 13 (2025-10-13)
2026 date	October 12 (2026-10-12)
Frequency	Annual

From the table, determine whether the statement is entailed, neutral, or refuted. Output only the JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

Hypothesis: Columbus Day was observed twice in 2018

answer: refuted