Today in history
This is the birthday of Charles Wesley (born 1707, died 29
March 1788.) He wrote more that 1,700 hymns.
Today is also the birthday of Jørgen
Haagen Schmith (born December 18, 1910, died October 15, 1944). He was
better known under the codename Citron, was a famous Danish resistance fighter
in occupied Denmark. His biographical sketch at Wikipedia describes his death,
after he was tracked down by the Nazis: "German soldiers arrived at the
house to arrest or kill Schmith. He fought for hours against an overwhelming
force of enemy troops killing 11 and wounded scores of others before the house
was set on fire and he was shot attempting to escape the flames." His exploits
were dramatized in the movie Flame and Citron.
Today marks the birthday of Simo Häyhä
(born 1905, died April 1, 2002.) He was the world's most successful sniper.
Using an iron-sighted Mosin–Nagant in Finland's Winter War, he had an astounding
505 confirmed sniper kills.
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