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1885: Gilbert and Sullivan

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It happened today – this day in history – March 14

14/03/202213/03/2022 YA Reporter Beirut, Birmingham Six, Bruckner, Czechoslovakia, Eastman, Eric Clapton, FA Cup, First World War, Gilbert and Sullivan, Henry Addington, Jack Ruby, Jodrell Bank, Liam Cosgrave, March 14, Nepal, news, OPEC, Putin, Rolling Stones, Rossini, Today in history, Verdi, Warren G Harding, William III, zeppelin

1689: Scotland dismisses William III and Mary Stuart as king and queen. 1757: On board his own flagship HMS Monarch,

1993: Damage beneath the World Trade Centre

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It happened today – this day in history – February 26

26/02/202225/02/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Australia, Bank of England, Beirut, Charlie Chaplin, Churchill, David Shayler, February 26, Galileo, General Synod, Golden Gate Bridge, Grand National, Gulf War, Ibsen, Luftwaffe, Napoleon, news, Schubert, Stephen Tribble, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, World Trade Centre

1564: Birth of dramatist Christopher Marlowe in Canterbury. 1606: First known European landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Jansz.

1979: Anthony Blunt

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It happened today – this day in history – November 15

15/11/202114/11/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Bonar Law, Anne Boleyn, Beatles, Beirut, Cardinal Wolsey, Churchill, Columbus, Coventry, Henry VIII, Janis Joplin, Kepler, Mendelssohn, Milli Vanilli, Mir, Mugabe, news, November 15, Pitman, Princess Anne, Second World War, Sir Anthony Blunt, Sony, Today in history, Unabomber

1492: Christopher Columbus makes the first recorded reference to tobacco. 1515: Thomas Wolsey is invested as a cardinal. 1532: Pope

1970: World premiere of the Beatles film Let It Be

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It happened today – this day in history – May 13

13/05/202106/05/2022 YA Reporter Algeria, Beatles, Beirut, Berlusconi, Churchill, Ecuador, Everest, Formula 1, Huffman, Mary Queen of Scots, May 13, Michael Jackson, Mozart, Nehru, news, Pope John Paul II, Royal Flying Corps, Rudolph Valentino, Shaun Ryder, Stevie Wonder, Today in history

1110: Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath. 1568: Mary, Queen of Scots is defeated at the Battle of Langside.

2016: Brian Johnson and Angus Young from AC/DC

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It happened today – on this day in history – March 8

08/03/202107/03/2021 Mick Ferris AC/DC, Beatles, Beirut, Bluebird, Brian Johnson, Donald Trump, helicopter, Henry VIII, Jupiter, Malaysia, Malcolm X, March 8, Muhammad Ali, news, Paul McCartney, Princess Anne, Queen Anne, Sibelius, Suez Canal, Today in history, Toyota, Vietnam

1531: Henry VIII is recognised as supreme head of Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury. 1702: Queen Anne

1991: So-called Highway of Death in Iraq after coalition planes repeatedly bombed it during Operation Desert Storm

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 26

26/02/202125/02/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Beirut, Charlie Chaplin, Christopher Marlowe, Churchill, February 26, Galileo, Golden Gate Bridge, Grand National, Gulf War, Ibsen, Kuwait, Luftwaffe, Napoleon, news, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Today in history, World Trade Centre

1564: Birth of dramatist Christopher Marlowe in Canterbury. 1606: First known European landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Jansz.