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1928: Walt Disney introduces Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie

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It happened today – this day in history – November 18

18/11/202117/11/2021 YA Reporter Antarctica, Battle of the Somme, First World War, George Bernard Shaw, Jacobites, Khruschev, Kings Cross, Latvia, Louis XIV, Mickey Mouse, Morocco, news, November 18, Piccadilly Circus, Second World War, Terry Waite, Tobruk, Today in history, Vasco da Gama, Walt Disney, William Caxton, William Tell

1307: William Tell reputedly shoots an apple off his son’s head with a crossbow in Switzerland. 1477: First English dated

1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

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It happened today – this day in history – September 15

15/09/202114/09/2021 YA Reporter Alexander Fleming, American Civil War, Astrid Proll, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Somme, Beatles, Boer War, Darwin, First World War, Lyndon B Johnson, Marco Polo, Napoleon, Neville Chamberlain, news, Olympics, Parsons Green, Pope Urban VII, Ryder Cup, Second World War, September 15, Stephenson's Rocket, The Sun, Thomas Wolsey, Today in history, US Revolutionary War, Yasser Arafat

921: Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin. 1254: Birth of explorer Marco Polo in

1969: Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales

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It happened today – this day in history – July 1

01/07/202130/06/2021 YA Reporter Battle of the Boyne, Battle of the Somme, Beatles, Canada, Einstein, Fidel Castro, Gettysburg, Hefner, Hong Kong, July 1, Maudling, Napoleon, news, Olympics, Philby, Pinochet, Prince of Wales, Sarah Payne, Saturn, Sebastopol, Sir Thomas More, Steve Ovett, sunglasses, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Tour de France, Virginia Wade

251: The Battle of Abrittus is won by the Goths against the Romans. 1200: Sunglasses are invented in China. 1535: