On Oct. 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived with his expedition in the present-day Bahamas. In 1868 Marshall Field and Levi Z. Leiter opened a department store in Chicago at State and ...

On October 11 in 1492: Christopher Columbus reached new land across the Atlantic Ocean in the Bahamas. ... October 12, 1492. Jasmine Genge. Updated July 14, 2016 at 7:19 PM. Copied ...

Published: Oct. 14, 2013, 12:39 p.m. By . ... Regardless of what you may think of Columbus, the one-world attitude and perspective we now take for granted began on October 12, 1492. ...

On October 12, 1492, the world changed. It was a blind "date" that went awry. The poster boy of this historic(al) date is a maritime explorer, Christopher Columbus who was hell bent on finding a ...

Today’s highlight in history On Oct. 12, 1492 (according to the Old Style calendar), Christopher Columbus’ expedition arrived in the present-day Bahamas.

This is what we celebrate on Oct. 12! An iconic holiday, the discovery of America, first celebrated in 1792 by George Washington! Oct. 13, Nov. 13, 1493, 1619!

The month of October is known as Italian month as the historic date of Oct. 12, 1492, a new world was discovered. Italian navigator Christopher Columbus believe that the world was round, set sail ...

1492: According to the Old Style calendar, Christopher Columbus' expedition arrived in the... Looking back: Oct. 12 Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

The 15th century explorer landed in the present-day Bahamas on Oct. 12, 1492, ... 1492. Columbus ordered it stripped, using its timbers to construct a village he named La Navidad.

After a few seconds when no one else seemed to know, I gave him this answer: “October 12 th is the day in 1492 when Admiral Christopher Columbus first stepped off his flagship, the Santa Maria ...