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At the time, Europeans knew no direct sea route to southern Asia, and the route via Egypt and the Red Sea was closed to Europeans by the Ottoman Empire , as were many land routes. Isidore in the seventh century. He was rebuffed and went to Spain, where he was also rejected at least twice by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.

However, after the Spanish conquest of the Moorish kingdom of Granada in January , the Spanish monarchs, flush with victory, agreed to support his voyage. On October 12, the expedition reached land, probably Watling Island in the Bahamas. Later that month, Columbus sighted Cuba, which he thought was mainland China, and in December the expedition landed on Hispaniola, which Columbus thought might be Japan.

He established a small colony there with 39 of his men. He was the first European to explore the Americas since the Vikings set up colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland in the 10th century.

During his lifetime, Columbus led a total of four expeditions to the "New World," exploring various Caribbean islands, the Gulf of Mexico, and the South and Central American mainlands, but he never accomplished his original goal—a western ocean route to the great cities of Asia. Columbus died in Spain in without realizing the scope of what he did achieve: He had discovered for Europe the New World, whose riches over the next century would help make Spain the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth.

He also unleashed centuries of brutal colonization, the transatlantic slave trade and the deaths of millions of Native Americans from murder and disease.

Columbus was honored with a U. Not by coincidence, the occasion usually falls on Columbus Day , the second Monday in October, or replaces the holiday entirely. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!

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The blasts, the work of militant Islamist terrorists, left people dead and more than others injured, many with severe burns. The attacks shocked residents and those Private First Class Desmond T. When called on by his country to fight in Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Racial violence flares aboard U. Navy ships on October 12, Forty six sailors are injured in a race riot involving more than sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk en route to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin off Vietnam.

Four of these men, Leo C. Halpin, John J. Forty-six members formed the nucleus of the Council in Of this group of charter members only two remain, Francis Mischler and Daniel Ryan. From the original forty-six members the council has grown until now it lists well over members on its rolls. In the short fifty years of its existence Braintree Council has brought the spirit of Columbianism to Braintree.

Council was only an idea in the late months of A group of men, members of the Knights of Columbus from councils in Quincy, Randolph and Boston, had gathered in Braintree for the purpose of discussing this idea. As a result of this discussion the idea became a reality. The group agreed to ask the Supreme Council in New Haven for a charter. In the early years of the council the Grand Knight and the forty-six charter members met at the Odd Fellows Hall.

Membership in the council rose steadily and it was not long before the Knights of Columbus was well entrenched in the Braintree community. One of the first public events sponsored by the council was a Minstrel Show. The first show was held in , and it won such great public acceptance that the minstrel shows were a popular annual event in the Town. Who We Are Our History. Our Worthy Officers. Stephen Kennedy Grand Knight.

Richard Leccese Deputy Grand Knight. Chancellor Vacant. Recorder Vacant. Chaplain Vacant. Daniel Picewick Warden. Lecturer Vacant.