30th August - ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 30th of AUGUST 30th of August, 526, King Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths , a bird-like race of people who dressed in black and moped around all day with a depressed look on their faces, who lived in Italy, died of the Great Pooping, or, as it is better known, craps-a-lotta-blood. Or dysentery. His 10-year-old son, Athalaric, took over, although it was his mother, Amalasuntha, who ruled as regent. Athalaric is known for his excesses. He drank a huge amount, ate even more, and wiped his nose on the crushed up remains of white hedgehogs. Oh, to be ten again. Those were great years. 30th of August, 1483, Louis XI, King of France, died. He had various nicknames, such as The Cunning, and The Universal Spider, because he was extremely cunning and devious, and because he had eight hairy legs. At school he was known as Louis-You-Got-A-Huge-Snout, and Wets-His-Bed. Both of...