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1991: Rajiv Gandhi seconds before being assassinated in a bomb blast

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It happened today – this day in history – May 21

21/05/202220/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Amelia Earhart, Arsenal, Baader-Meinhof, Bono, Cassius Clay, Chelsea, Chuck Berry, Cutty Sark, Edward IV, FIFA, Himmler, Kublai Khan, Lindbergh, Manchester United, May 21, news, Ohio State University, Prokoviev, Rajiv Gandhi, Sirhan Sirhan, Today in history, UVF

120BC: Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar is born in Rome. 1216: French crown prince Louis enters England, having been

1873: Levi Strauss

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It happened today – this day in history – May 20

20/05/202219/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Beatles, Bobby Moore, Charles Lindbergh, Chelsea, Chiang Kai-shek, Edward VII, Elton John, Eurovision Song Contest, news, Real Madrid, Rolling Stones, Saudi Arabia, Second World War, Shakespeare, Today in history, Treaty of Paris, Vasco da Gama, York Minster

1293: An earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, killing 30,000. 1303: The Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to the English and arranges

2018: Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle

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It happened today – this day in history – May 19

19/05/202218/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Alan Freed, Anne Boleyn, Bashir, Cardinal Richlieu, Chelsea, Co Armagh, commonwealth, George Harrison, James Brown, Keith Richards, Kemal Ataturk, Lennon, Manchester United, Manilla, Mary Queen of Scots, May 19, news, Notre Dame, Oscar Wilde, Pinter, Second World War, Sophia Loren, T E Lawrence, Today in history, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, West Ham United

1182: The high alter of Notre Dame is consecrated. 1536: Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII is beheaded at

1953: Jacqueline Cochran

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It happened today – this day in history – May 18

18/05/202217/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Apollo 10, Bobby Moore, Brezhnev, Chris Cornell, Dracula, Eleanor of Aquitaine, First World War, Gaza, Helen Sharman, Henry II, Ian Curtis, India, Italy, Jacqueline Cochran, Lennon, Manchester City, May 18, Microssoft, mods, Montreal, Mount St Helens, Napoleon, news, Omar Khayam, Pink Floyd, Real Madrid, rockers, Second World War, Today in history, Trump, Tsar Nicholas II

1048: Birth of Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher Omar Khayam. 1152: Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the

1900: Colonel Robert Baden-Powell and military staff at Mafeking

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It happened today – this day in history – May 17

17/05/202216/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Alaska, Arsenal, Asquith, Barcelona, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Castro, Chaplin, Chiang Kai-shek, FA Cup, Howard Hughes, Lord Byron, Mafeking, May 17, Molasses Act, New York Stock Exchange, news, Portsmouth, Prince Charles, Second World War, Seven Years War, Today in history, W G Grace, Watergate

1510: Death of painter Sandro Botticelli. 1536: Anne Boleyn’s supposed “four lovers” are executed shortly before her own beheading two

2001: John Prescott

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It happened today – this day in history – May 16

16/05/202215/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Abraham Lincoln, AC Milan, Academy Awards, Andrew Johnson, Asahara, Dambusters, Edgar Allen Poe, Eliot Ness, FA Cup, Florence, George Michael, Gorbachev, Gordon Cooper, Israel, Joan of Arc, John Prescott, Keith Richards, Laker, Marie Antoinette, Mary Queen of Scots, May 16, Muhammad Ali, news, Pact of Cartegena, Rocky Marciano, Ronan Point, Sadio Mané, Second World War, Sir Thomas More, Today in history, Trump

1527: Florence becomes a republic. 1532: Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor. 1568: Mary, Queen of Scots flees to

1991: Richey Edwards

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It happened today – this day in history – May 15

15/05/202215/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Alabama, Amy Johnson, Anne Boleyn, Austria, Dillinger, Gaza, George III, George Wallace, Kepler, King John, Laos, LAs Vegas, Lennon, MArciano, Mary Queen of Scots, Palestine, Paul McCartney, Richey Edwards, Sputnik, Tottenham Hotspur, Tsuyoshi, UVF, War of the Spanish Succession, Zidane

1213: King John names Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury. 1248: Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays the cornerstone for Cologne

1976: Keith Relf

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It happened today – this day in history – May 14

14/05/202213/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Anne Frank, Aswan High Dam, Ballymurphy, Barcelona, Battle of Cape Finisterre, Beatles, Bobby Moore, Cape Canaveral, Edward Jenner, Elvis Presley, FA Cup, Fairport Convention, Henry III, Illustrated London News, Israel, Jamestown, Keith Relf, Kuwait, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Manchester City, Manchester United, May 14, Mendelssohn, news, NSPCC, Paraguay, Phil Spector, Second World War, Skylab, Stirling Moss, Tiananmen Square, Today in history, Vaseline, Warsaw Pact, Winnie Mandela

1264: Simon de Montfort the younger, Earl of Leicester, defeats Henry III at the Battle of Lewes in the 2nd

1981: Pope John Paul II is shot

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It happened today – this day in history – May 13

13/05/202212/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Battle of Grantham, Beatles, Berlusconi, Botany Bay, Chelsea, Churchill, cricket, Ecuador, Farina, Liverpool, Lord Salisbury, Manchester City, Mary Queen of Scots, May 13, Michael Jackson, Mozart, Nehru, news, Pope John Paul II, Royal Flying Corps, Rudolph Valentino, Second World War, Stevie Wonder, Today in history, Velcro

609: Pope Boniface I turns the Pantheon in Rome into a Catholic church 1110: Crusaders march into Beirut causing a

1937: Coronation of George VI

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It happened today – this day in history – May 12

12/05/202211/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Armenia, Bayern Munich, blitzkrieg, Bob Dylan, Bormann, Chechnya, cricket, Dagenham, Easter Rising, FA Cup, First World War, George VI, King John, Kirgizistan, Lindbergh, Manitoba, May 12, Napoleon, news, Richard I, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Shostakovich, Stansted, Today in history, Uzbekistan, William Wilberforce, Wilson Pickett

1191: Richard I (the Lionheart) marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus. 1215: English barons serve an ultimatum on King John

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