What to remember about October 6th…
- 1536 Translator for much of the 1st printed English language Bible, William Tyndale is strangled and burned for heresy
- 1683 America’s 1st Mennonite settlers arrive aboard Concord; 1st major German emigration to America
- 1777 British forces capture 2 American forts while moving to support besieged troops at Saratoga
- 1866 Reno brothers stage 1st train robbery in U.S. history; steal $13,000 in Jackson County, Indiana
- 1890 Mormon leaders vote to outlaw polygamy in the church
- 1973 Egypt and Syria launch surprise attack on Israel during Yom Kippur holy day; 4th Arab-Israeli War begins
- 1981 Libyan sponsored terrorists assassinate Egyptian President Sadat during anniversary observances for Yom Kippur War
- 1995 Astronomers discover the 1st planet orbiting a Sun-like star outside Earth’s solar system
- 2010 Green Beret Staff Sergeant Robert James Miller is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan in 2008
- 2012 U.S. Navy commissions guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) honoring 1st Medal of Honor recipient of Afghan War
