CAMILLE BOHANNON

After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus saw a Bahamian island on October 12, 1492, believing
he has reached East Asia.

His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to
find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold
and spice islands of Asia.

 Columbus had set sail from Spain on August 3, 1492, with three
ships: the Santa María, the Niña, and the Pinta.

On July 3, 1890, Idaho entered the Union as the 43rd state.

The word Idaho is derived from the Shoshone Ee-Da-How,
referring possibly to the ubiquitous purple flowers of the
area, but also translated as “gem of the mountains” or
“behold the sun coming down the mountain.”

Idaho was originally part of the vast northwest Oregon, or
Columbia River, country claimed by Spain, Russia, Great
Britain, and the United States.

        
TIM MAGUIRE
              

On June 25, 1950, armed forces from communist North Korea
smashed into South Korea, setting off the Korean War.

The United States, acting under the auspices of the United
Nations, quickly sprang to the defense of South Korea and
fought a bloody and frustrating war for the next three years.