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On this day.....Oct.7

1737 A cyclone causes 40 foot waves that are believed to have killed 300,000 in Calcutta, India

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On this day Oct.12
1999 The Day of Six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.

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13th October
On this day 750 years ago Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

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A pivotal moment in English history!
Battle is the closest place to Senlac Ridge ... has some decent restaurants.

Battle Abbey is well worth a visit and there is a
very good audio tour and walk around the battlefield.

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Who won?

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@handyandy said
Who won?
Does it matter? As long as they had fun.

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@great-big-stees said
Does it matter? As long as they had fun.
Well, it's history now... 🙂

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Columbus discovered? The Bahamas?

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@handyandy said
Who won?
Seriously?

The Normans along with their allies (French, Bretons, Dutch(?)) won, thus
establishing an English nobility ethnically different to the people they ruled.

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@wolfgang59 said
Seriously?
Just kidding.

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100 years ago today.

Adolph Hitler gave his first public speech.

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