The Year of Our Lord 1066
Nine hundred forty years ago today, on October 14, 1066, William the Bastard, the Duke of Normandy, earned his place in history as William the Conqueror by defeating and killing the last Anglo-saxon King of England, Harold II, at the Battle of Hastings. Without the Norman Conquest, England would not have been so closely tied to France and would not have been so involved in the affairs of the continent. Had England remained isolated, she might never have conquered all of Great Britain, might never have built the British Empire, might never have invented liberal democracy as we know and love it today. Had not Britain been Britain, the world would be an unrecognizable place.

Many, many things happened both before and after the Norman Conquest to make Britain what she was and is, but the fate of all the wide world turned on the fulcrum of William the Conqueror.

BTW South Song of the Day
Mu330, "Hoosier Love" (live) from Oh Yeah! (T.L.A.M.)

Friday the 13th of October
My Chemical Romance, "Welcome to the Black Parade" via ye olde internet (Mt. Love)

Editorial: "Hooiser Love" was chosen in honor of the surprising victory by the wily Indiana University Hoosiers over the tenacious University of Iowa Hawkeyes. I hated "Welcome to the Black Parade," remarking to the Mountain that "someone needs to tell these clowns they aren't Queen." This is the only My Chemical Romance song I've ever heard; so, i have no idea if it is representative of their music.