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Did you know that today was "Leif Ericsson Day?

Also Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day. What else could it be?

Posted - October 10, 2016

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  • 373
    Actually that is on Oct. 10 this year.
      October 12, 2016 4:18 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Well, I'll be darned.  The total Irony.

    I wonder if there is an Amerigo Vespucci day?   I guess the ruling is in now that Amerigo did NOT discover America after all.   Bummer.

    I want the name changed then to either Liefland or Columbo*, America is a LIE.

    *I mean for Columbus, not the great Peter Falk.

    http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/explorers-travelers-and-conquerors-biographies/amerigo-vespucci




    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at October 10, 2016 8:15 PM MDT
      October 10, 2016 8:11 PM MDT
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  • Leif Erikson - North America (not America)
      October 10, 2016 9:52 PM MDT
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      October 10, 2016 8:24 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    I shall call my son...I am Eric.
      October 10, 2016 8:57 PM MDT
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  • 127
      October 10, 2016 9:25 PM MDT
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    https://www.daysoftheyear.com/
      October 10, 2016 9:42 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    Drummers should be hugged...most of them are homeless.
      October 11, 2016 6:55 AM MDT
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  • 373
    No I didn't know that was on Oct. 9. I knew there was a day for him but I didn't know the exact date.
    I'm guessing you know he was the first European to come to North America, 500 years ahead of Christopher Columbus.
      October 12, 2016 4:21 PM MDT
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