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So Columbus day huh?

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So this man called, uhh I think it was Christopher Columbus landed on America, and because of that GOT A DAY NAMED AFTER HIM.  Man, no one told me that we got a day named after us just because we landed in America. If so where's my day because I arrived on America November 16, 2002 (it's my birthday if you didn't know). Wouldn't that be so cool to get a whole day where people celebrate you even though you didn't really accomplish anything because "the 15th-century Italian explorer still got his own national holiday" ( Yan  1). So why do we really give credit to this man who didn't really do anything that was groundbreaking, because then everyone would be receiving their own special day to acknowledge themselves? So this Christopher Columbus set foot on America October 8, 1492. There were many many many Native Americans before him who probably were all like no god please noooooo!!!!!! Columbus not only got tons of credit for arriving but als