It happened today – this day in history – June 8
452: Attila the Hun invades Italy. 793: Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert’s monastery on Lindisfarne
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Read more1558: Elizabeth I aged 25 ascends throne upon death of her half sister Queen Mary. 1603: Sir Walter Raleigh goes
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