Today in history

[BleAivano]

October 1st. 1977, Pelé retired from professional football.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24276047

[anfield5]

1537 - The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale
1636 - In Massachusetts the Plymouth Colony's 1st law drafted
1648 - Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas 1st volunteer firemen
1901 - Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (England) in 12th America's Cup
1957 - USSR launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite
1983 - Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car
2012 - Formula One legend, Michael Schumacher, announces retirement

[BleAivano]

November 6th 1632, during the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty year's war, the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf
(aka Gustavus Adolphus the Great aka "The Lion of the North"), was killed by several shots.

[Rudy Tamasz]

November 6th 1632, during the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty year's war, the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf
(aka Gustavus Adolphus the Great aka "The Lion of the North"), was killed by several shots.

On the same day and in the same battle Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, a field marshal of the imperial army was killed while leading the charge of his cuirassiers. Wallenstein's letter to Pappenheim, which he carried on himself at the time of the battle, can be seen at the military museum in Vienna.

[SGWilko]

September 9th 1513 - Battle of Flodden Field.
The last battle between the army of Scotland and the army of England. (The Union of the Crowns in 1603 meant subsequent battles were part of a civil war rather than a war between nations.)

As an aside, been to the battlefields at Branxton many times - favourite part of the country for us!

[anfield5]

1519 - 1st meeting of Montezuma & Hernán Cortés in Mexico
1731 - In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st US library
1789 - Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon Ky)
1864 - Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President
1895 - German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays
1966 - Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected Governor of California

[gadjo_dilo]

St Michael and St Gabriel day.
A lot of Mihai and Mihaele/Gabrieli and Gabriele in my generation.
So let's the wine flow......

[Rudy Tamasz]

St Michael and St Gabriel day.
A lot of Mihai and Mihaele/Gabrieli and Gabriele in my generation.
So let's the wine flow......

St. Demetrius' day as well. He's my son's patron saint.

[gadjo_dilo]

[quote=Rudy Tamasz]

St Michael and St Gabriel day.
A lot of Mihai and Mihaele/Gabrieli and Gabriele in my generation.
So let's the wine flow......

St. Demetrius' day as well. He's my son's patron saint. [/quote:2sxjo0cn]
Congrats and all the best to him.
We follow the other calendar and celebrated St D on 26th Oct. He's the patron of my hometown and many people stay at km. of queue to touch his relics.

[D-Type]

I've heard of St Michael and St Gabriel - they're both archangels aren't they? But who is St Demetrius? I remember a film once "Demetrius and the gladiators" but I don't think that was him. I'd better go and ask Google and Wikipedia.