Gosh I'm forgetting my history... I had to see this in the newspaper (online edition) to remember the importance of today

The Duke of Edinburgh joined veterans to mark the 60th anniversary of one of the most significant battles of the Second World War.
He took the salute as survivors of the Battle of Kohima joined a march past in their honour at York Minster.
Crowds of well-wishers joined the veterans, most of whom are now in their eighties.
The Battle of Kohima is seen as the turning point of the Burma campaign in 1944.
The late Earl Mountbatten described it as "probably one of the greatest battles in history".
The Army's 2nd Division with the Royal Scots, the Durham Light Infantry, the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Cameron Highlanders, among many others, mounted the famous engagement to relieve the embattled garrison at Kohima.
Despite being hampered by monsoon rains and treacherous terrain,
Allied soldiers succeeded in taking Kohima in hand-to-hand fighting that culminated on the District Commissioner's tennis court.
The engagement marked the beginning of the Allies halting the advance of the Japanese army in Asia.The march past concluded the final official large commemoration for the Kohima veterans in the Dean's Gardens, York. The Kohima reunion has taken place annually in York to commemorate the battle.
The Duke attended a memorial service which included the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope.
He also laid a wreath at the foot of the memorial to the soldiers who fell in what became known as The Battle of the Tennis Court.
The inscription plate on the memorial reads "When you go home, tell them of us, and say: For your tomorrow we gave our today."