My mother's birthdate ... she thought Cook was such a good looking chap and did a wonderful job discovering Australia ...
I copped a mouthful of flak the first time I mentioned it wasn't lost .... and how the Hawaiians discovered Cook ...

@pseudonymsupreme @nihilistnomya
And this is a confirmed, historical day unlike the Ides of March, my other favorite holiday.
Killing him was the right decision, but rarely works out well for the colonized, be it Hawaii, Gaza, Haiti, Tibet, Australia etc.
Humans just think they have a right to take and then create rationalizations for it later. Dogwater species imo.