The Santa María Was Wrecked on Christmas Day 1492
The flagship ran aground off the coast of present-day Haiti.
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Columbus Day Is Celebrated on the Second Monday in October in the US
It became a federal holiday in 1937, and some places now mark Indigenous Peoples' Day instead.
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Columbus Believed He Had Reached Asia
He never realized that he had reached a continent new to Europeans.
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Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain Sponsored Columbus's First Voyage
The monarchs agreed to back his plan in 1492.