On the eighth of June in the year 793 of the Common Era, the Northmen came from the sea to pillage the monastery at Lindisfarne. This marked the beginning of the Viking age, which officially ended in 1066 with the Battle of Hastings.
Hey! Let's go sack the Unitarian Church in Palo Alto! (See below.)
Fri Jun 8, 2001
Anniversary of the sacking of Lindisfarne (793 CE)