This Day in Commonwealth History: 8 June 793: The first Viking - TopicsExpress



          

This Day in Commonwealth History: 8 June 793: The first Viking raid in England strikes the Lindisfarne abbey in Northumbria 1042: Edward the Confessor becomes King of England 1856: Norfolk Island is settled for the third time by 156 Pitcairn Islanders 1950: Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history 1987: The New Zealand government establishes a national nuclear-free zone stretching 12 nautical miles from the shore
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 01:40:00 +0000

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