Subj : Today is.. Leif Erickson Day
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Thu Oct 09 2025 23:49:02

Exploring the New World.

Because the date and place of Erikson's "discovery" of North America were uncertain, 
members of the Leif Erikson Association arbitrarily chose October 9 to commemorate this 
event˙perhaps because the first organized group of Norwegian emigrants landed in 
America on October 9, 1825.
 
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