October 10, 2006

On this day... October 10

I like the On this day feature of Wikipedia's main page and today's historical events column caught my eye. Notably, in 732, the Battle of Tours occurred. Charles Martel and his army defeated a large army of Moors and effectively stopped the Muslims from spreading further into Western Europe.

I also noticed that Maximilian Kolbe was canonized on October 10, 1982 by the Catholic Church as Saint Maximilian Kolbe and declared a martyr of charity. Among the many things he did, Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland.

Charles and Maximilian, I raise my glass to you both.

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