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Second Monday in October October 12, 1492. Perhaps no date in Pan-American history is as important or controversial. By October 11, 1492, Columbus’s crew had had enough. The trip was too long. They had spotted weeds and birds—signs of land—for weeks, but not a hint of soil. And at the rate they were going, many were afraid there would hardly be enough headwind to take them back to Spain. Each day, Columbus lied to the men about …Read more 
October 9 Leif Erikson arrived in the New World 500 years before Columbus. But you don’t hear any schoolchildren singing, ‘In 1002, Leif Erikson sailed the ocean blue.’ August Werner with Leif Erikson statue Leif was the son of Norseman Erik the Red. According to the Norse sagas, Erik’s family had been exiled from Norway because of his father’s part in some killings there. In Iceland, Erik continued the family tradition by getting exiled from Iceland, after …Read more 
June 10
The feats of Arms, and famed heroic Host from occidental Lusitanian strand, who over the waters never by seaman crossed fared beyond the Taprobane-land (Ceylon) forceful in perils and in battle-post, with more than promised force of mortal hand… Os Luíadas June 10 is Portugal’s National Day, aptly known as “Portugal Day” or Dia de Portugal. Actually it’s longer, but few go around saying, “Happy Day of Portugal, Camões, …Read more 
June 7 Daniel Boone Today the Kentucky Historical Society celebrates the life of Daniel Boone, American pioneer and legendary folk hero. Daniel Boone was born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, greenest state in the land of the—wait no—mixing up my folk heroes here. Boone was born in Eastern Pennsylvania, not Tennessee, but like Davy Crockett he was indeed raised in the woods so he knew every tree. No record of when he killed his first bear, …Read more |
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