Vorg history RSS feed history tag at the Vorg blog http://vorg.ca/tag/history All items Copyright 2001-2004 by their respective authors en-us A time odyssey http://vorg.ca/3180-A-time-odyssey the first 30 seconds of this 1965 broadcast of Winston Churchill's funeral and see if you are confused as I was.

I had no idea that the theme music for 2001: A Space Odyssey was not written for the film, but rather 50 years previously. I really need to learn something about music.
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Historian M.J. Trow, in his biography of the medieval king, opts for a slightly less orthodox spelling of the name. Excerpts from the dustjacket, after the jump.


"In this lively and entertaining biography, M.J. Trow exposes that tale as a myth and shows us instead the real Cnut."

"Under Cnut, England's ambitious and bloody foreign policy led to the defeat of the kings of both Sweden and Norway."

"Cnut was the most powerful king in Europe."]]> http://vorg.ca/3039-How-To-Give-A-Proofreader-A-Heart-Attack goodladd history spelling fate-tempting 2009-01-15T09:25:59-05:00 http://vorg.ca/3039-How-To-Give-A-Proofreader-A-Heart-Attack#replies We're Ready For You Now, Mr Ford http://vorg.ca/2747-Were-Ready-For-You-Now-Mr-Ford this awesome in the extreme. Who knew it was so simple?]]> http://vorg.ca/2747-Were-Ready-For-You-Now-Mr-Ford goodladd history presidents nixon 2008-03-20T17:33:07-04:00 http://vorg.ca/2747-Were-Ready-For-You-Now-Mr-Ford#replies