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It happened today – this day in history – May 26

26/05/202225/05/2022 YA Reporter Akihito, Anthony Eden, Asquith, Aston Villa, Battle of Tara, Beatles, Belfast, Brezhnev, Churchill, Costa Rica, Garibaldi, H-Bomb, Java, John Lennon, Le Mans, Lenin, Manchester United, May 26, Napoleon, news, Nixon, Real Madrid, South Africa, Thomas Cook, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, Vauxhall Bridge, Yoko Ono

1538: Geneva expels protestant reformer John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for

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

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 17

17/05/202216/05/2022 YA Reporter 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

1983: David Copperfield

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – April 8

08/04/202207/04/2022 YA Reporter Alan Shearer, April 8, Asquith, Bartok, Bhopal, Caracalla, Catherine the Great, Clint Eastwood, David Copperfield, Entente Cordiale, Eurovision Song Contest, Gladstone, Grand National, Kenyatta, Kurt Cobain, Martin Bell, Mozart, news, Second World War, Today in history, Venus de Milo

217AD: Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. 1455: Alfonso de Borgia is elected Pope Callistus III. 1759: British troops chase the

1997: Martin Bell

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – April 8

08/04/202107/04/2021 YA Reporter April 8, Asquith, Bartok, Bhopal, Catherine II, Clint Eastwood, Entente Cordiale, Eurovision, Gladstone, Grand National, Joe Louis, Kenyatta, Kurt Cobain, Martin Bell, Mozart, news, Sandie Shaw, Shearer, Thatcher, Today in history, Venus de Milo

217AD: Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. 1455: Alfonso de Borgia is elected Pope Callistus III. 1759: British troops chase the

1967: Keith Moon

It happened today – this day in history – August 23

23/08/202022/08/2020 Mick Ferris Ascari, Asquith, August 23, Gaddafi, Gandhi, Gorbachev, Hammerstein, history, John Cobb, John Lennon, Keith Moon, Kossoff, Luftwaffe, Mars, Napoleon, Saddam Hussein, Tsar Nicholas II

1305: Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I. 1500: Governor Francisco De Bobadilla arrives in

1967: Sandie Shaw

It happened today – this day in history – April 8

08/04/202007/04/2020 Mick Ferris April 8, Asquith, Clint Eastwood, Cobain, Copperfield, Eurovision, Foinavon, history, Kenyatta, Nyro, rabin, Ronnie Wood, Sandie Shaw, Supremes, Thatcher, Tiger Woods

217AD: Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. 1455: Alfonso de Borgia is elected Pope Callistus III. 1781: Premiere of Mozart’s violin