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It happened today – this day in history – September 27

27/09/202126/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Cracker, George Stephenson, Greece, Hagler, John Adams, Kabul, Metallica, Mount Ontake, news, Olympics, Phil Spector, RMS Queen Elizabeth, Rosetta Stone, Ryder Cup, Sam Allardyce, Second World War, September 27, Sierra Leone, Spanish Civil War, Today in history, Warren Commission, William the Conqueror

1066: William the Conqueror’s Norman troops set sail for England. 1590: Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen

1960: Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy

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It happened today – this day in history – September 26

26/09/202125/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments American Revolutionary War, Ashanti, Bessie Smith, Concorde, Dag Hammarskjöld, First World War, Francis Drake, John F Kennedy, news, Paolo Di Canio, Paul McCartney, Richard Nixon, RMS Queen Mary, Second World War, September 26, St Francis of Assisi, The Who, Today in history, Toya Maru

1181: Birth of St Francis of Assisi. 1396: Sultan Bajezid I beheads hundreds of crusaders. 1580: Francis Drake completes his

1974: The ozone layer

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It happened today – this day in history – September 25

25/09/202125/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Alonso, Arago, Battle of Stamford Bridge, Bill Cosby, Bolivar, Caitlin Jenner, Dave Grohl, Harold II, Jackie Wilson, John Bonham, Lennon, Malcolm Campbell, Maze Prison, news, Olympics, September 25, Sibelius, Sonny Liston, Today in history, Uber, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Woodrow Wilson

1066: The English army under Harold II defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold’s brother Tostig, who

1988: Ben Johnson wins the Olympic 100m in Seoul

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It happened today – this day in history – September 24

24/09/202123/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments autopsy, Axis Sally, Battle of Shiroyama, Beatles, Ben Johnson, Camp Nou, Columbus, David Mellor, Doug Scott, Dougal Haston, Eisenhower, Jimi Hendrix, KFC, Louis XIV, Nancy Pelosi, news, Noel Coward, Olympics, Patti Hearst, Ryder Cup, Second World War, September 24, St Leger, Suleiman, Today in history

1493: Christopher Columbus embarks on his second expedition to the New World. 1529: Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his Ottoman

1913: Aviator Roland Garros

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It happened today – this day in history – September 23

23/09/202122/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Bob Marley, Charles de Gaulle, George VI, Kublai Khan, NASA, Neville Chamberlain, news, Olympics, Otto von Bismarck, Peron, Roland Garros, Saudi Arabia, September 23, Spycatcher, Steve Redgrave, Thomas Cook, Today in history, Wars of the Roses

63BC: Birth of first Roman emperor Augustus Ceasar in Rome. 1215: Birth of Mongol emperor and founder of the Yuan

2001: John Simpson in Afghanistan (Photo: BBC News)

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It happened today – this day in history – September 22

22/09/202121/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Abraham Lincoln, Ben Jonson, BHC News, Boris Johnson, Cardinal Wolsey, David Hempleman-Adams, deal, Diana Ross, Gene Tunney, George III, Gerald Ford, Gresford Colliery, Happy birthday, ITV, Jimmy Page, John Simpson, Kissinger, Kosovo, Lennon, Lord Randolph Churchill, Louis Botha, Mali, Nero, news, Olympics, Queen Victoria, Robert Walpole, September 22, Switzerland, Today in history, Wagner, Yeltsin, Yusuf Islam

66: Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1499: Switzerland becomes an independent state. 1515: Anne of Cleves, fourth wife

1994: Gary Lineker

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It happened today – this day in history – September 21

21/09/202120/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Beatles, Belize, Bob Marley, China, Churchill, Edward II, Franco, Gary Lineker, George Clooney, Malta, Maltby, Marcos, New York, news, Old Grey Whistle Test, Richard I, Rockall, Second Opium War, Stonehenge, Today in history, Tolkein, Warren G Harding, Wisbech

19BC: Death of Roman poet Virgil aged 50. 1192: Richard I is captured by Leopold V, Duke of Austria. 1327:

1973: Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs

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It happened today – this day in history – September 20

20/09/202119/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Al Capone, Alain Prost, Beatles, Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Carl Bridgewater, Charles I, Chester A Arthur, Crimean War, Darwin, East Timor, English Civil War, Italy, Jim Croce, Jim Morrison, Joe Louis, John F Kennedy, Led Zeppelin, Maastricht Treaty, Magellan, news, Olympics, Paul McCartney, Prince of Wales, QE2, RMS Mauretania, Saladin, Salisbury Cathedral, Second World War, September 20, Today in history, Wilbur and Orville Wright

1187: Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. 1258: Salisbury Cathedral is inaugurated. 1486: Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry

1952: Charlie Chaplin

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It happened today – this day in history – September 19

19/09/202118/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Adrian Moorehouse, Bangkok, Betty and Barney Hill, Blackpool, Bobby Robson, Bombay plague, Bruno Hauptmann, Charlie Chaplin, Cliff Richard, Colwich Junction, Fawlty Towers, George Michael, George Washington, Glastonbury, Goodfellas, Gram Parsons, Hundred Years War, James Garfield, Juan Peron, Khrushchev, Mahler, news, Olympics, Second World War, September 19, Simon and Garfunkel, Solzhenitsyn, Southall, Today in history

1356: English forces under Edward The Black Prince defeat the French at the Battle of Poitiers and capture the French

1970: Jimi Hendrix dies

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It happened today – this day in history – September 18

18/09/202117/09/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Che Guevara, Chile, CIA, Dag Hammarskjold, First World War, Gary Numan, Hungary, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Louis, Julian Lennon, Louis VII, news, Olympics, Patti Hearst, Quebec City, Raffles, René Lacoste, Royal Opera House, Scotland, Scott Joplin, Second World War, September 18, Today in history

1180: Death of Louis VII, King of France. 1544: Henry VIII’s troops occupy Boulogne. 1709: Birth of lexicographer Samuel Johnson

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