Almanac of Absurdities for August 20, 2010

A Byzantine Aristocrat and Admiral by the absolutely remarkable name of Constantine Lips died on this day in the year 917 at the Battle of Acheloos, another remarkable name. Constantine Lips was never in a history test I took in high school, I would have remembered. Bulgaria beat the Byzantines, incidentally. Li'l Stevie Wonder's Fingertips Part Two was number one on this date in 1963.