Shooting an apple off one's child's head of the story is in the legend of William Tell, supposedly happening to start off the Swiss revolution, written first in the 15th-century "White Book of Sarnen", then in Aegidius Tschudi's 16th-century "Chronicon Helveticum", and later the basis for Friedrich Schiller's 1804 play. Tell is arrested for failing to bow in respect to the hat that the newly appointed Austrian "Vogt", Albrecht Gessler, has placed on a pole, and Gessler commands him to shoot an apple off his son's head with a single bolt from his crossbow. After splitting the apple with the single shot (supposedly on November 18, 1307),
George S. Patton's speech to the Third Army men. Some historians have acclaimed the oration as one of the greatest motivational speeches of all time. An abbreviated and less profane version of the speech became iconic thanks to the 1970 movie "Patton", where it was performed by the actor George C. Scott while standing before an enormous American flag. The performance was instrumental in bringing Patton into popular culture and transforming him into a folk hero. In June 1944, Lieutenant General George S. Patton was given command of the Third United States Army, a field army which was newly arrived in the United Kingdom and which was composed