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1941: Glenn Miller

It happened today – this day in history – May 7

07/05/202006/05/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Beethoven, Brezhnev, Glenn Miller, history, Lusitania, May 7, Munch, New Orleans, Putin

558: The dome of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul collapses. 1429: The seige of Orleans is broken by Joan of

1992: Betty Boothroyd

It happened today – This day in history – April 27

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1296: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England at The Battle of Dunbar. 1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan

1994: Kurt Cobain commits suicide at home in Seattle

It happened today – this day in history – April 5

05/04/202005/04/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments April 5, Beatles, Beethoven, Callaghan, Cobain, Eden, Elvis, Etna, history, Mayflower, Sarajevo, Wilde, Wilson

456AD: Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop. 1424: Scottish king James I returns to Scotland after 18

1968: Release of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey

It happened today – this day in history – April 2

02/04/202001/04/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments 2001 A Space Odyssey, April 2, Beethoven, Casanova, Einstein, history, Lindbergh, Nelson, Pilatus, Pope John-Paul II, Red Rum

742: Birth of Charlemagne. 1513: Juan Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain. 1725: Giacomo Casanova, writer, adventurer and famous

1848: The flow of water stops completely over both of Niagara's two falls due to an ice jam

It happened today – this day in history – March 29

29/03/202028/03/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Beatles, Beethoven, Bono, Calley, history, Mandela, Mantovani, March 29, Monroe, Muhammad Ali, Neil Young, Niagra Falls, Nicholson, Rosenberg, Royal Albert Hall, Scott, Switzerland, Wilder

1461: Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Duke of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI