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1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie moments before being assassinated in Sarajevo

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It happened today – this day in history – June 28

28/06/202127/06/2021 YA Reporter Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Beatles, Belfast, Catherine the Great, Edward IV, Elton John, Fort Knox, Guadeloupe, Irish Civil War, Jonah Lomu, June 28, Kishinev, Lee Trevino, Louis Armstrong, Malcolm X, Margaret Thatcher, Mike Tyson, Montenegro, Muhammad Ali, Ned Kelly, news, OPEC, Queen Victoria, Rolling Stones, saxophone, Seoul, Today in history, Tomato, Treaty of Versailles

1461: Edward IV is crowned king of England. 1491: Birth of Henry VIII in London. 1577: Birth of Flemish Baroque

1863: Mark Twain

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It happened today – this day in history – February 3

03/02/202102/02/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Belfast, Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Emiliano Sala, February 3, Harold Macmillan, John F Kennedy, Lord Lucan, Luna 9, Mark Twain, Mother Teresa, Richie Valens, Today in history

1377: Mass execution of population (between 2,500 and 5,000) of Cesena, Italy, by Breton troops of Giovanni Acuto under the

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It happened today – this day in history – January 23

23/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Belfast, Bernie Ecclestone, Bez, Bjorn Borg, Blackfoot, history, House of Lords, Istanbul, January 23, Philby, Pink Floyd, Pluto, Ramsay MacDonald, Rwanda, Tajikistan, Terry Kath, Tripoli, Vietnam, Zika

1368: Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as Hongwu Emperor, initiating the Ming Dynasty. 1556: The deadliest earthquake

1952: Queen Elizabeth II

It happened today – this day in history – February 6

06/02/202005/02/2020 Mick Ferris Barbie, Belfast, Dankworth, February 6, history, Manchester United, Munich, Nixon, Queen, Taliban, Tupac

1665: Birth of Queen Anne (Stuart) in St James’ Palace. 1685: The Duke of York becomes King James II of