Solar Calendar Leap-Year Day Eclipse in 1504 Saves Columbus' Crew Today (Thursday, 2024 February 29) marks Leap-Year Day, the day of the Solar Calendar that comes around, usually once every four years. On the Leap-Year Day in 1504, explorer Christopher Columbus' crew was saved from starvation, when an Eclipse of the Moon was used to scare native Jamaicans to resume feeding the ship-wrecked crew. DETAILS: CLICK ON IMAGE OR LINKLIKE THIS POST? PLEASE SHARE! Link >>> https://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2024/02/solar-calendar-leap-year-day-eclipse.html | | | | | | | | | | | Solar Calendar Leap-Year Day Eclipse in 1504 Saves Columbus' Crew Illustration of explorer Christopher Columbus predicting the Eclipse of the Moon 520 years ago on 1504 February ... | | | gaw Want to receive SpaceWatchtower blog posts in your inbox ? Send request to < [log in to unmask] > Glenn A. Walsh, Informal Science Educator & Communicator, Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org > Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] > SpaceWatchtower Blog: < http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/ > .FO OFF ######################################################################## Access the MUSEUM-L Home Page and Archives: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?A0=MUSEUM-L Unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L List: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 ########################################################################