Indian names generally contain a given name followed by some number of secondary names. Secondary names are often patronyms, names derived from the father, grandfather or other paternal ancestor, village names, occupation names, or names of gods. Hindu given names are from Sanskrit.n the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 12781 in baby name popularity for girls with 8 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name. View the Sahiba Name Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Sahiba has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Sahiba to other names.
Christopher Columbus dies. On May 20, 1506, the great Italian explorer Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid, Spain. Columbus was the first European to explore the Americas since the Vikings set up colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland in the 10th century.
<b>Christopher Columbus</b> was born in Genoa (later part of Italy) in late 1451. Modern celebrations of his birthday mainly use October 20 as the date. <br /><br /><br /> He died at about age 54 on May 20, 1506. <br /> His actual birth date is unrecorded, but was likely between late August and late October.