The Flatliner Diaries: Today Is Actually Columbus Day

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Today Is Actually Columbus Day

Way back in 1492, Christopher Columbus and three shiploads of filthy, starved, mutinous sailors found "Asia" on this day. He therefore called the inhabitants of the land "Indians". Columbus was mistaken. Some 514 years later, we celebrate the discovery of "America" on a Monday in October and teach... Sign in to see full entry.

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