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2003: Sam Phillips

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It happened today – this day in history – July 30

30/07/202129/07/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Apollo 15, Baghdad, Baltimore, Beatles, Captain James Cook, Chelsea Manning, Commonwealth Games, Fred Perry, Jeremy Hunt, July 30, Metaxas, NASA, news, Olympics, Sam Phillips, Second Balkan War, Suzy Lamplugh, thalidomide, Today in history, Tour de France, USS Indianapolis, Watergate, World Cup, Zatopek

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

1966: John Lennon records the vocal for Tomorrow Never Knows while sitting upside down

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – April 7

07/04/202106/04/2021 YA Reporter April 7, Bach, Baghdad, Beatles, Beethoven, Deng Xiaoping, Dick Turpin, George Michael, Hansie Cronje, Jim Clark, Jimmy Carter, John Stonehouse, John Wayne, Keith Richards, Lee Brilleaux, Mick Jagger, news, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Today in history, Trump, Vesuvius

1724: Bach’s “St John Passion” premieres in Leipzig. 1739: Highwayman Dick Turpin is executed for horse theft. 1770: Birth of