TODAY IN HISTORY!

[Gr8ful]

Today in 1492 Columbus reached “New World” 532 Years Ago.It's YOM KIPPUR. John Denver crashes/dies in '97.Robt E. Lee died in 1870.Gore wins Nobel '07. Conscientious objector awarded Medal of Honor in 1945.​

Alfred Nobel (born October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden—died December 10, 1896, San Remo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite and other more powerful explosives and who also founded the Nobel Prizes.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in...id=email-hist-tdih-2024-1012-10122024&om_rid=

Conscientious objector awarded Medal of Honor in 1945. https://www.history.com/this-day-in...id=email-hist-tdih-2024-1012-10122024&om_rid=

 

[Morgana]

"In 1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
And landed, by coincidence
In front of long-term residents
So while Columbus claimed a lot
I reckon he discovered squat"
--- author unknown ( to me)

 

[Gr8ful]

He thought he had landed in India hence why native Americans are still called Indians. The Vikings beat Columbus by 400+ years

Vikings first arrived in North America in 1021 AD:
Evidence
Scientists used a new dating technique to analyze tree rings from wood cut for the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada. The technique used a solar storm to reference an atmospheric radiocarbon signal, which allowed scientists to pinpoint the year the trees were felled.

 

[Gr8ful]

1812 Sir Isaac Brock saves Canada from U.S. invasion​

During the War of 1812, British and Indian forces under Sir Isaac Brock defeat Americans under General Stephen Van Rensselaer at the Battle of Queenstown Heights, on the Niagara frontier in Ontario, Canada. The British victory, in which more than 1,000 U.S. troops were killed, wounded, or captured, effectively ended any further U.S. invasion of Canada. Sir Isaac Brock, Britain’s most talented general in the war, was killed during the battle.

 

[Gr8ful]

1947 Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
https://www.history.com/this-day-in...id=email-hist-tdih-2024-1014-10142024&om_rid=

 

[INTJohn]

"In 1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
And landed, by coincidence
In front of long-term residents
So while Columbus claimed a lot
I reckon he discovered squat"
--- author unknown ( to me)

He thought he had landed in India hence why native Americans are still called Indians. The Vikings beat Columbus by 400+ years

Vikings first arrived in North America in 1021 AD:
Evidence
Scientists used a new dating technique to analyze tree rings from wood cut for the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada. The technique used a solar storm to reference an atmospheric radiocarbon signal, which allowed scientists to pinpoint the year the trees were felled.

The purpose of the mission was to find a way westward to India - a supposed short cut from sailing around Africa.
Their calculations of the Earths Circumference lead them to believe the mission was more than feasible.
( they should have looked at Eratosthenes‘ calculations of 1700 years earlier which have proven to have less than 1%error of today’s measurements).
The real fortunate outcome, however, is that the 3 ship flotilla actually made it across the Atlantic Ocean and back! During peak hurricane season without encountering any serious weather whatsoever.
Had they encountered such a storm they no doubt would have been lost at sea never to be heard from again - casualties no doubt of sailing off the edge of a Flat Earth 🌎
🤔🤙😎

 

[Gr8ful]

they should have looked at Eratosthenes‘ calculations of 1700 years earlier which have proven to have less than 1%error of today’s measurements

Their internet was probably down that day

 

[INTJohn]

Their internet was probably down that day

Haha.
Columbus in fact had read Eratosthenes’ works so was aware of the mathematics. But E was an ancient scientist (b4 Jah-EEE-Sus) in the true sense of the word and Columbus of course lived at a time when the Catholic Church pretty much ruled “scientific” Europe and thus all science needed to conform to Church teaching.

Columbus being a good catholic believed in the Ptolemy “earth centric” hypothesis which was promoted by the Church and P’s calculations of the Earths circumference were much smaller than what we know today as reality.

Hence Columbus got lucky by sailing into a huge unknown continent b4 he would’ve died at sea and the rest according to cliche is History.

jonny

 

[Gr8ful]

1990 Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize​

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