On this day in ...... 1991, in Ottawa, External Relations Minister Monique Landry (left) pledged that Canada would aid Kurdish refugees by giving Iran $6.5 million (Canadian dollars) to be used for that purpose. The pledge brought total Canadian relief to $16.6 million.
... 1492, the Genoan Christopher Columbus signed a contract with Spain's monarchs, King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I, in which Columbus (right) was to receive titles of nobility plus a tenth of the revenues generated by his exploration of the world beyond the Atlantic Ocean.
