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1943: The Pentagon

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It happened today – this day in history – January 15

15/01/202214/01/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Belfast, Black Dahlia, Boston, Chesley Sullenberger, East Germany, Elizabeth I, Gaddafi, Gukf War, Henry VIII, Ilse Koch, Irish Free State, January 15, Japan, Mark Thatcher, Mozart, news, Nixon, Pentagon, Princess of Wales, Second World War, Simone Biles, Smollett, Supremes, Tchaikovsky, The Queen, Today in history, Tony Benn

1412: Birth of Joan of Arc. 1535: Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England. 1552: France signs

1863: Opening of the first underground rail link in London, the Metropolitan Railway

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It happened today – this day in history – January 10

10/01/202209/01/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments American Civil War, Beachy Head, Belfast, Charles I, Elvis Presley, Florida, Harold Macmillan, Ivory Coast, January 10, Julius Caesar, League of Nations, Lord Kitchener, Lorena Bobbitt, Mendelssohn, Metropolis, Metropolitan Railway, Napoleon, news, Pancho Villa, penny post, Putney, RCA, Rolling Stones, Rubicon, Second World War, Sinclair C5, Stalingrad, tea, Today in history, Trotsky, United Nations

49BC: Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war which would lead

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