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1957: Lonnie Donegan (centre) with presenters Pete Murray and jo Douglas on BBC TV's Six-Five Special

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – February 16

16/02/202215/02/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Beeching, Bodyline, Charles I, Churchill, Clive Ponting, Earl of Shaftesbury, English Civil War, February 16, Fidel Castro, First World War, George Michael, Haile Selassie, Joe Frazier, Kosovo, Kyoto Protocol, Liszt, Lithuania, news, Second World War, Six Five Special, Spencer Compton, Today in history, Tutankhamun, Winter Olympics

600: Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying “God bless You” is the correct response to a sneeze. 1641: Charles I

1984: Starlight Express

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – March 27

27/03/202126/03/2021 YA Reporter Alexander Kielland, Basingstoke, Beeching, Billie Holiday, Brando, Charles I, Charles II, Charlie Chaplin, Grand National, Haydn, Jagger, Krushchev, March 27, news, Radio Caroline, Tenerife, Today in history, Treaty of Utrecht, Yuri Gagarin

196BC: Ptolemy V becomes Pharaoh of Egypt. 1378: Death of Gregory XI, the last French Pope. 1513: Spanish conquistador Juan

1923: Archaeologist Howard Carter at the sarcophagus of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun

News Today in History

It happened today – on this day in history – February 16

16/02/202115/02/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Beeching, Bodyline, Castro, Charles I, Churchill, Clive Ponting, Earl of Shaftesbury, ELP, English Civil War, February 16, George Michael, Haile Selassie, Howard Carter, Kyoto Protocol, Lithuania, Today in history, Tutankhamun

600: Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying “God bless You” is the correct response to a sneeze. 1641: Charles I

Progress in Maldon’s bid for rail renewal

18/06/202018/06/2020 Piers Meyler Beeching, Maldon, news, railway

Maldon is one step closer to being reconnected to other parts of the country by rail. In February, the Government