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1993: Damage beneath the World Trade Centre

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – February 26

26/02/202225/02/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Australia, Bank of England, Beirut, Charlie Chaplin, Churchill, David Shayler, February 26, Galileo, General Synod, Golden Gate Bridge, Grand National, Gulf War, Ibsen, Luftwaffe, Napoleon, news, Schubert, Stephen Tribble, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, World Trade Centre

1564: Birth of dramatist Christopher Marlowe in Canterbury. 1606: First known European landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Jansz.

Quarantine: Novak Djokovic

New balls please

09/01/202209/01/2022 Edward Case Australia, columnist, COVID-19, Djokovic, Edward Case, France, Macron, vaccination

Serbian tennis legend Novak Djokovic could have easily avoided becoming embroiled in an international incident by either getting vaccinated or

1989: Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson in Cheers

It happened today – this day in history – September 17

17/09/202116/09/2021 YA Reporter Australia, Barbados, Beatles, Bjork, Cheers, Emmy Awards, Frederick Barbarossa, Herschel, Jaobites, Mauritius, news, Olympics, Paul McCartney, Queen, Second World War, September 17, Sex Pistols, Today in history, William Golding

1156: Emperor Frederick Barbarossa issues the ‘Privilegium Minus’ decree, which elevates Austria to a duchy. 1394: Jews are expelled from

1995: Debris at the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – April 19

19/04/202118/04/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, AC/DC, April 19, Australia, Bangladesh, Beatles, Belgium, Bobby Charlton, Bonnie Parker, Castro, Charles Manson, Disraeli, James Cook, Luxembourg, Mae West, news, Oklahoma, Palestine, Pope Benedict XVI, Rishikesh, Sally Ride, Shirley Temple, Timothy McVeigh, Today in history, Waco

1770: Captain James Cook first sights Australia. 1775: The American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts. 1824: Death of Lord Byron

1917: T E Lawrence

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – January 1

01/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter ABBA, Abraham Lincoln, Albany, Australia, Beatles, Brahms, British Rail, Ceres, Claudius, Cuba, Don Bradman, EEC, Farenheit, Frankenstein, Fred West, Haiti, Hank Williams, history, January 1, Oslo, pension, Queen Victoria, Röntgen, Samuel Pepys, T E Lawrence, Top of the Pops

49: Roman emperor Claudius marries his niece Agrippina. 1502: Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro. 1515: Francis I succeeds Louis

1949: Orson Welles as Harry Lime in The Third Man

It happened today – this day in history – September 17

17/09/202016/09/2020 Mick Ferris Australia, Bjork, Chelmsford Prison, Golding, history, Laura Ashley, Olympics, Orson Welles, Paul McCartney, Queen, September 17, Solidarity, Sophia Loren, Third Man

1156: Emperor Frederick Barbarossa issues the ‘Privilegium Minus’ decree, which elevates Austria to a duchy. 1394: Jews are expelled from

JAILED: Keith Banks

Paedophile jailed after trying to arrange abuse in Rayleigh from Australian detention centre

22/07/202022/07/2020 Mick Ferris Australia, Banks, crime, Essex Police, news, paedophile, Rayleigh

A paedophile who tried to arrange to sexually abuse a child while he was waiting to be deported from Australia

Peter Siddle's return to Essex will be put back a year (Picture: Nicky Hayes)

Siddle’s Essex return put on ice

23/04/202023/04/2020 Brian Jeeves Australia, cricket, Essex County Cricket Club, Yellow Sport

RIGHT-ARM FAST-MEDIUM bowler, Peter Siddle, will not be linking up with Essex during the 2020 season after his contract was

West Ham United bos, David Moyes - Hoping that the Hammers trip to Australi can be rearranged in the future (Rob Newell CameraSport)

Hammers trip down under, postponed

22/04/202022/04/2020 Brian Jeeves Australia, Crystal Palace, David Moyes, Hammers, Irons, Premier League, West Ham United

WEST HAM UNITED have confirmed that their pre-season trip to Australia has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The