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1990: Riot at Strangeways Prison

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It happened today – this day in history – April 1

01/04/202231/03/2022 YA Reporter Aden, Apple, April 1, Ayatollah Khomeini, BBC, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Buñuel, Enigma, euthanasia, Gaughin, Greenham Common, Iran, Joe Louis, Lennon, MArvin Gaye, news, Okinawa, Pompeii, Second World War, Slobodan Milosevic, Strangeways, Today in history

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

1984: Marvin Gaye is fatally shot by his father during a family argument

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – April 1

01/04/202131/03/2021 YA Reporter Apple, April 1, Beatles, Dylan, Gaughin, Iran, Joe Louis, Lennon, MArvin Gaye, news, Okinawa, Pompeii, Strangeways, Today in history, Troggs

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

1987: Aretha Franklin

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It happened today – this day in history – January 3

03/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter Alaska, Apple, Aretha, Beatles, Charles Dickens, George Bush, George Washington, history, Jack Ruby, January 3, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Martin Luther, Mussolini, Nietzsche, Pelosi, Thatcher, Yeltsin

1431: Joan of Arc is handed over to Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 1496: Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.

1983: Motown bass player James Jamerson

It happened today – this day in history – August 2

02/08/202001/08/2020 Mick Ferris 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 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 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