[quote=@Vilageidiotx]

As for the holiday thing, I don't know what you guys would want to change in Canada, but for the US I am totally on board with renaming Columbus Day. That guy was a fuck. My general rule with whether this works historically is "Did the people back then also think this person was a fuck", just to make sure we aren't judging historical people with modern views. Since Columbus was thrown in prison for being a cruel fuck by the 16th century Spanish of all goddamn people, I think we can safely damn him and give the holiday to somebody else.   
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Nikolai Tesla day?
Robert Goddard day?

While I'm short on names on the account of not wanting to think very hard when I should be winding down to go to sleep, we could presumably find another scientific or exploratory name to replace Columbus given last I checked that was the purpose of Colombus Day; some sort of celebration of expanding horizons in exploration, science, and the fact the Americas exist as a Westernized identity.