On this day in 1588 Sir Francis Drake and his bawdy band of English buccaneers defeated the Spanish Armada By Seamus O'Sparks on July 29, 2011 — 1 min read On this day in 1588 Sir Francis Drake and his bawdy band of English buccaneers defeated the Spanish Armada. The haughty naughty Spanish were laughing at a deformed Portuguese boy when Drake & Co. sneak attacked. Drake finished those Spaniards off by throwing his moustache-which operated like the Glaive from Krull. In 1970 Glenn Frey... More