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1983: Motown bass player James Jamerson

It happened today – this day in history – August 2

02/08/202001/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Apple, August 2, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Gulf War, history, Iraq, James Jamerson, King William II, Kuwait, Lewis Carroll, Motown, Mussolini, Napoleon, Olympics, Warren G Harding, Wild Bill Hickok

216BC: The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae during the Second

1966: England win the World Cup at Wembley

It happened today – this day in history – July 30

30/07/202029/07/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Apollo 15, Apple, Axl Rose, Beatles, Chelsea Manning, Cook, England, Fred Perry, history, Hoffa, Jeremy Hunt, July 30, Kraftwerk, Lamplugh, Lincoln, Philby, Procol Harum, Sam Phillips, thalidomide, USS Indianapolis, World Cup, Zara Phillips, Zatopek

762: The city of Baghdad is founded by Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur, just north of ancient Baghdad. 1678: English troops land

1945: US invasion of Okinawa

It happened today – this day in history – April 1

01/04/202001/04/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Apple, April 1, Beatles, Gaughin, Gaye, history, Khomeini, Lennon, news, Okinawa, Rachmaninov, Troggs

1318: Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English. 1748: The ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque