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1503: Michelangelo's David

It happened today – this day in history – September 13

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122AD: Building begins on Hadrian’s Wall. 1503: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David. 1574: The Turkish fleet recaptures

1930: Stromboli erupts on Sicily

It happened today – this day in history – September 11

11/09/202010/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Anna Lindh, Beatles, Benghazi, Benjamin Franklin, Commonwealth Games, Cromwell, FA Cup, Fangio, Gandhi, Georgi Markov, history, Khrushchev, Olympics, Peter Tosh, Pistorius, Ray Charles, Roosevelt, Scotland, September 11, Stravinsky, Stromboli, Tojo, W C Handy, William Wallace

1297: Scottish rebel William Wallace defeats the Engllish at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 1390: Teutonic Knights begin a five-week

1914: French forces at the First Battle of the Marne

It happened today – this day in history – September 6

06/09/202005/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Beatles, Catalonia, Charles II, Cilla Black, Columbus, Dempsey, Edward Heath, Eric Clapton, Farnborough, George Harrison, Great Fire Of London, history, Marne, Mayflower, McKinley, Mozart, Mugabe, Munich, Navratilova, Olympics, Pavarotti, Princess Diana, Queen Victoria, September 6, Verwoerd, William III

1492: Christopher Columbus’ fleet leaves Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. 1620: The Mayflower departs Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims and

1960: Cassius Clay wins gold at the Rome Olympics

It happened today – this day in history – September 5

05/09/202005/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Beatles, Begim, Cassius Clay, Edward VII, Elvis Presley, Franklin D Roosevelt, Great Fire Of London, history, Kerouac, Lennon, Louis XIV, Mandela, Munich, Olympics, Opium War, Rindt, Sadat, Saddam Hussein, September 5, Tsar Nicholas II, Woodrow Wilson

1548: Death of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII. 1638: Birth of Louis XIV in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.

2006: Australian naturalist Steve Irwin is killed

It happened today – this day in history – September 4

04/09/202003/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Amazon, Beatles, Beatrix Potter, Biafra, Brabham, Carrie Lam, Danzig, Edison, Fela Kuti, Forth Road Bridge, Geronimo, Google, Halley, history, Jimi Hendrix, Markova, Mother Teresa, Olympics, September 4, Spitz, Steve Irwin

1571: Catholic rebellion in Scotland. 1682: Astronomer Edmond Halley observes the comet named after him. 1824: Birth of composer Anton

1967: Stockholm descends into chaos as Sweden changes from driving on the left to the right

It happened today – this day in history – September 3

03/09/202002/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Beatles, Beslan, Boer War, Bruckner, Canned Heat, Capra, Cromwell, Doherty, E E Cummings, Fair Isle, history, Malcolm Campbell, Munich, Olympics, Qatar, Ringo Starr, Robert Kennedy, Rolling Stones, Second World War, September 3, Spitz, Sweden, Unity Mitford, Verdun

301: San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world’s oldest republic still in existence, is

2005: A section of New Orleans is flooded after Hurricane Katrina

It happened today – this day in history – August 29

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1261: Jacques Pantaleon is elected as Pope Urban IV. 1350: The English fleet under Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet

1963: Civil rights leaders (Martin Luther King second left) link arms in front of marchers on Constitution Avenue

It happened today – this day in history – August 28

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1189: Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan. 1521: Belgrade is captured by troops of Turkish Sultan

1979: Lord Mountbatten is killed by the IRA

It happened today – this day in history – August 27

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1549: John Dudley Earl of Warwick destroys Robert Kett’s army at the Battle of Dussindale, ending Kett’s rebellion in Norfolk.

1959: Introduction of the Mini Minor

It happened today – this day in history – August 26

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1346: Edward III’s longbows defeat Philip VI of France’s army at the Battle of Crécy. Cannons are used for the

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