The day commemorates the date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas.  Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean initiated the European exploration and colonization of the Americas.  While #DiscoveryofAmericaDayinHonduras#Hondurasbit.ly/4gMRK1T

On October 1st 1949 Chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China from atop Beijing's Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tian'anmen Gate).  This bit.ly/3XMywkt

WANT to look like a person in their 30s and 40s with no interest in dressing like the younger generation? Here’s how.  Sneer bit.ly/3ZMN6e8

Located on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, the area now known as Guinea came under European influence from the 15th century with the arrival of Portuguese explorers. The coastal region became an important staging post for the slave trade.  The #Guineabit.ly/3N7hDMf

Pchum Ben, also known as Ancestors' Day or 'Hungry Ghosts Festival', is a 15-day Cambodian religious festival, which culminates in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, marking the end of the Buddhist lent.  Phcum #AncestorsDayinCambodiabit.ly/3BkKcmM

In the late nineteenth century, the Tswana inhabitants in the region were being attacked by tribes from the north-east and threatened by the advancing Dutch Boer settlers from the south and east.  Tocombat bit.ly/3TRflF0

ENJOYMENT of a man’s Prague stag do has been drastically reduced by the presence of the groom-to-be’s father, guests have confirmed.   30-year-old bit.ly/4emAJKu

The Gran Chaco or Chaco Boreal is a large lowland plain that today is part of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.  From bit.ly/4eoJaF2

A WOMAN on a first date is maintaining a pretence that eating an entire pizza is far too much for a delicate girl like her.   34-year-old bit.ly/3TIDtJK

This is the same Good King Wenceslas, who is mentioned in a popular Christmas Carol written in 1853 about St. Stephen's Day.  Wenceslas was born near Prague in 907 and was the son of the Duke of Bohemia. bit.ly/4diVs0k