This day in history III

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The correct answer to This day in history II was found by Jan Ivan with credit to Tahel.

A certain amount of years ago on this day (29/07), something happened. What is it and how many years ago did it happen?

Saint Snowman
And son of Harold
A first for the monarchs
Who died a bloody death

What are the odds of 3 people replying within 2 minutes of each other, roughly 20 minutes after the question is asked? — sunfishho, Jul 29, 2019 at 18:36
TBQH I'm no historian, everything boils down to my excellent Google searching skills. — Mordechai, Jul 29, 2019 at 23:17

Mordechai · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-29 18:32:58Z

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Olaf II of Norway a.k.a. St. Olaf, son of Harald Grenske was killed in the Battle of Stiklestad.

answered Jul 29, 2019 at 18:32

Mordechai

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$\begingroup$ Come on, we answered almost at that moment and the same answer, we have telepathy ..., you deserve +1 just for that ... $\endgroup$
– Tahel
Jul 29, 2019 at 18:39
$\begingroup$ @Tahel - 3 minutes isn't exactly a moment ;) $\endgroup$
– Voldemort's Wrath
Jul 29, 2019 at 19:45
$\begingroup$ Dear @INTERESTING You are right, but what will I do, for me the browser takes time to refresh, (much more than 3 minutes 😥),I've seen the answer of Mordechai only after I've written mine and I had a disappointing erase it (it takes me a long time to write any answer because I do not know English at a high level-English is not my mother tongue). $\endgroup$
– Tahel
Jul 29, 2019 at 20:12

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Tahel · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-29 19:10:24Z

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the answer is:

Battle of Stiklestad-Death of King Olaf II in 1030 (989 years ago)

Saint Snowman

Saint - the Roman Catholic Church declared Olaf a saint in 1164,Snowman-Olaf is the snowman in "frozen"

And son of Harold

his father was Harald Grenske

A first for the monarchs

The first king of Norway was his great-great-grandfather

Who died a bloody death

in Battle of Stiklestad

answered Jul 29, 2019 at 18:35

Tahel

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$\begingroup$ Better answer, to be honest; I missed (and still miss) the snowman part. +1 $\endgroup$
– Mordechai
Jul 29, 2019 at 18:47
$\begingroup$ @Mordechai - Olaf is a snowman in the movie Frozen so that’s probably the reference here. $\endgroup$
– Voldemort's Wrath
Jul 29, 2019 at 19:40
$\begingroup$ Well done to both of you +1 each. I can't tell who answered before who but it looks as if it was amazingly close. I'm going to give Tahel the correct answer mark as he explained it in more detail. But both amazing. I thought this would be way more obscure but both found it instantaneously $\endgroup$
– William Pennanti
Jul 29, 2019 at 19:57
$\begingroup$ @WilliamPennanti: if you hover over the time “Answered x ago” on PC, then you’ll be able to see a timestamp in UTC for each answer that you receive. (Or you can sort answers oldest to newest!) I believe Mordechai was the first answerer by a couple of minutes, but as always it’s your choice as to who answers best! $\endgroup$
– El-Guest
Jul 30, 2019 at 10:15

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