Aston Villa Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. Founded in 1874, the club have played at their current home ground, Villa Park (pictured), since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder members of the Premier League in 1992, and have remained there ever since. Aston Villa are one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in the history of English football. Villa won the 1981–82 European Cup, and are thus one of five English clubs to win what is now the UEFA Champions League. They have the fourth highest total of major honours won by an English club, having won the First Division Championship seven times (most recently in the 1980–81 season), the FA Cup seven times (last won in 1957), the Football League Cup five times (last won in 1996) and the UEFA Super Cup in 1982. The club's traditional kit colours are claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and sky blue socks. Their traditional badge is of a rampant gold lion on a light blue background with the club's motto "Prepared" underneath; a modified version of this was adopted in 2007.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1513:
War of the League of Cambrai: King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeated French cavalry, who were then forced to retreat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guinegate_(1513)
1777:
American Revolutionary War: The Americans, led by General John Stark, routed British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bennington
1906:
An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hit Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Valpara%C3%ADso_earthquake
1946:
A day of widespread riot and manslaughter between Hindus and Muslims took place in the city of Calcutta as a result of the Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Action_Day
1962:
The Beatles fired drummer Pete Best and replaced him with Ringo Starr (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
nowise: (In) no way, (in) no manner, definitely not. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nowise
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
 That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect. --Jean de La Bruyère https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_de_La_Bruy%C3%A8re
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