Across the United States, many celebrate Columbus Day, a controversial federal holiday observed every year on the second Monday in October. It was named after Christopher Columbus, the man credited ...

5 Facts , You Didn't Know About Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was a famed sailor from the 1400s. He is best known for discovering the "New World" in 1492, which subsequently led to its ...

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port city of Genoa would be maintained for his family "because from it I came and ...

Christopher Columbus’s three ships—the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—first landed on a beach of a small island within the Bahamas Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, on October 12, 1492. The natives called ...

Somebody eventually had to knit the whole world together. North and South. Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The person who launched that adventure was Christopher Columbus. Critics will point out his ...

President Trump signs Columbus Day proclamation, calls explorer 'original American hero' President Donald Trump signed a proclamation celebrating Christopher Columbus as “the original American hero” ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Five years after its removal, new conversations are emerging about the Christopher Columbus statue that once stood outside of city hall. City leaders announced the statue would ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 2025, both are celebrated on October 13. Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Before it became a legal ...