The American Psychological Association website has a helpfularticle describing what happens if you or someone you love calls 911 if you are having suicidal thoughts. The author, Dr. Stephanie Smith, explains:hat I have realized over the years, is that often people are afraid to call 911 or go to the hospital (even when they really need to) because they donât know what to expect.
Columbus Day in the United States. Columbus Day, which is on the second Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This holiday is controversial because the European settlement in the Americas led to the demise of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples.
Within only two years, 125,000 (half of the population) of the original natives on the island were dead. If I were a Native American, I would mark October 12, 1492, as a black day on my calendar. Shockingly, Columbus supervised the selling of native girls into sexual slavery. Young girls of the ages 9 to 10 were the most desired by his men. In 1500, Columbus casually wrote about it in his log.