Which notable Englishman was murdered on 29th December 1170?
The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral and twenty-six carts. Archbishop Cardinal Reginald Pole was also buried in the Corona. The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral is the east end of Canterbury Cathedral, named after the severed crown of Thomas Becket (St. Thomas the Martyr), whose shrine it was built to contain. Becket was murdered in the north transept of the cathedral on 29 December 1170. Four years later a disastrous fire destroyed the eastern end of the church. After William of Sens had rebuilt the Choir, William the Englishman added the immense Corona as a shrine for the crown of St. Thomas (with a
USS Windham County (LST-1170) USS Windham County (LST-1170) USS "Windham County" (LST-1170), previously USS "LST-1170", was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1954 to 1973 which saw service in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific and served in the Vietnam War. USS "LST-1170" was laid down on 21 April 1953 by the Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She was launched on 22 May 1954, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph McCarthy, and commissioned on 15 December 1954 with Lieutenant Commander Max Wells in command. "LST-1170" joined the United States Atlantic Fleet at her home port, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek at Virginia