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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. HISPANIOLA The date in 1492 that Christopher Columbus landed on 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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