Historical Fun Facts for October 14th
HISTORY FUN FACTS FOR OCTOBER 14th On This Day in History in 1066, William the Conker Player defeated Harold-Kept-His-Eye-On-The-Pointy-Thing at the Battle of Hastings. A few miles from the town of Hastings a battle raged between William is a bastard but soon to become King and Conqueror, and King Harold II of England. With an army made entirely of blokes called Norman, William defeated Harold's forces and shot Harold in the eye with an arrow. Ironically, Harold had only just switched aftershave to Brute from his normal Arrow-miss (later shortened to Aramis). On This Day in 1582, In Spain, Portugal, Italy and Poland, the day didn't exist . Gregorian Calendar, a German date-picker who liked to sieve in his spare time, was to blame for wiping out existence on this day. On This Day in History in 1586, Mary, Queen of Scots went on trial for plotting and conspiring against Queen Elizabeth I of England. ...