Posts tagged "Ferdinand and Isabella"

Five People Born on March 10

osama-bin-ladenToday is March 10, 2010 and the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 295 days left in the year 2010. According the Mayan calendar, there are 1017 days till the end of the current cycle.  On this date, in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call.  Here are five people that share a birthday on this day: Read more...

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Posted by Jimm Fowler - March 10, 2010 at 7:42 pm

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Five Little Known “Facts” About Christopher Columbus

In October of 1492, as every child is taught in school, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America.  He was granted the ability to come to America by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.  But is that how everything really happened? Most of us aren’t told about the real Christopher Columbus.  Here are five things you might not have known about this famous explorer. Read more...

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Posted by Jimm Fowler - October 13, 2009 at 12:31 am

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