October 8th is the earliest Columbus Day can fall, while October 14th is the latest it can fall. This year -- October 9th is a bit on the earlier side but not the earliest side. The most common days for Columbus Day in the 21st century are October 8th, October 11, and October 13th.
While dairy farmers, Senator Hubert Humphrey and miscellaneous cranks talk about Daylight Savings Time being the work of the devil, most of America outside of Arizona observe it. Maybe if Humphrey had won in 1968 things would have been different, hard to say.
Officially, most of Arizona opted out of Daylight Savings Time in 1968, but before then it wasn't widely observed in the state. The tribal areas of the state do observe daylight savings time.
