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1919: SMS Derfflinger, part of the scuttled German fleet in Scapa Flow

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It happened today – this day in history – June 21

21/06/202221/06/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Beatles, Belfast, Boris Johnson, Catherine of Aragon, Charles II, commonwealth, Edward III, F W Woolworth, Henry VIII, Jacinda Ardern, John Hinkley, Johnny Rotten, Lord Roseberry, Louis XIV, Mountbatten, Okinawa, Pope Paul VI, Prince William, Scapa Flow, Second World War, Victoria Cross, Wagner, World Cup

1377: Death of Edward III aged 64. 1529: Catherine of Aragon speaks against her marriage’s annulment to Henry VIII at

1975: North Sea Oil

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It happened today – this day in history – June 11

11/06/202210/06/2022 YA Reporter Alaska, Alcatraz, American Civil War, Angola, Belfast, Captain James Cook, Catherine of Aragon, Chuck Berry, Cook Islands, Declaration of Independence, FM, George I, Henry VIII, hovercraft, Hundred Years War, June 11, Le Mans, news, North Sea oil, Okinawa, Poindexter, swine flu, Thatcher, Timothy McVeigh, Today in history, William III

1144: Basilica of St Denis is dedicated near Paris, the first fully Gothic church. 1345: Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of

1985: Claus von Bulow

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It happened today – this day in history – June 10

10/06/202209/06/2022 YA Reporter Barbarossa, Belfast, Benjamin Franklin, Bonnie and Clyde, Boxer Rebellion, Claus von Bulow, Cuba, Dillinger, First World War, James Earl Ray, John Barnes, June 10, Kosovo, news, Pol Pot, Saab, Salem, Seb Coe, Second World War, Six Day War, Thomas Cromwell, Today in history, University Boat Race, Vietnam War, Wagner, World Cup

323BC: Death of Alexander the Great aged 32. 1190: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph

1975: Syd Barrett stands unrecognised in Abbey Road as Pink Floyd mix Shine On You Crazy Diamond, the song written about him

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It happened today – this day in history – June 5

05/06/202204/06/2022 YA Reporter ABBA, Aids, Belfast, Boer War, Edward Snowden, Enid Blyton, First World War, Fred Trueman, Goodyear, Indira Gandhi, June 5, Kitchener, news, Newton, Ramsey MacDonald, Reagan, Robert Kennedy, Second World War, Six Day War, Srebia, Syd Barrett, Today in history, Weinstein

70AD: Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem. 1625: Death of composer Orlando Gibbons. 1661: Isaac

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It happened today – this day in history – May 26

26/05/202225/05/2022 YA Reporter Akihito, Anthony Eden, Asquith, Aston Villa, Battle of Tara, Beatles, Belfast, Brezhnev, Churchill, Costa Rica, Garibaldi, H-Bomb, Java, John Lennon, Le Mans, Lenin, Manchester United, May 26, Napoleon, news, Nixon, Real Madrid, South Africa, Thomas Cook, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, Vauxhall Bridge, Yoko Ono

1538: Geneva expels protestant reformer John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for

1895: Oscar Wilde

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It happened today – this day in history – May 25

25/05/202224/05/2022 YA Reporter Belfast, Cassius Clay, Celtic, Charles II, Falklands, First World War, Ford, George Floyd, Gilbert and Sullivan, Goofy, Gorbachev, Jesse Owens, John F Kennedy, Jordan, Liverpool, Manchester United, Martin Luther, May 25, Mount Everest, news, Oscar Wilde, Paris Opera, Richard Cromwell, Second World War, Shanghai, Skylab, Spanish Civil War, Star Wars, Sudan, Syria, Today in history, Ypres

1521: The Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther and his followers. 1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England,

2011: Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock

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It happened today – this day in history – May 22

22/05/202222/05/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, AC Milan, Adam Ant, Alexander the Great, Apollo 10, Belfast, Blackwall Tunnel, Copernicus, Derry, Elvis Presley, First World War, HMS Beagle, Jerry Lee Lewis, Klu Klux Klan, Lee Rigby, Manchester Arena, May 22, Mendelssohn, Microsoft, news, Nixon, Orient Express, Saladin, Second World War, Sherlock, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Wars of the Roses, Yorkshire Ripper, Zuckerberg

334BC: The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia at the Battle of the Granicus. 1176:

1863: Gen Stonewall Jackson

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It happened today – this day in history – May 2

02/05/202201/05/2022 YA Reporter Anne Boleyn, Arthur Miller, Beatles, Belfast, Charles II, Eta, Falklands, Herschel, John Cabot, Leicester City, May 2, news, Nirvana, Oklahoma, Osama bin Laden, Prokofiev, Richard I, Rossini, Second World War, Springsteen, Stanley Matthews, Stonewall Jackson, Tennessee Williams, Today in history, Tony Blair, Tsar Nicholas II

1194: Richard I gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 1497: John Cabot’s expedition departs Bristol searching for new lands across

2019: Notre Dame

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It happened today – this day in history – April 15

15/04/202214/04/2022 YA Reporter 100 Years War, April 15, Bach, Belfast, Boston Marathon, Colditz, George Best, George C Scott, George Cross, Handel, Hillsborough, impressionism, insulin, Leona Helmsly, Louis XIV, McDonalds, news, Niger, Notre Dame, Olympics, Otto von Bismarck, Pol Pot, Samuel Johnson, Second World War, Thomas Cromwell, Titanic, Today in history, Tommy Cooper

1450: The French defeat the English at the Battle of Formigny in the 100 Years’ War. 1452: Birth of Leonardo

1921: Sun Yat-sen

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It happened today – this day in history – April 7

07/04/202206/04/2022 YA Reporter April 7, Bach, Baghdad, Beatles, Beethoven, Belfast, Deng Xiaoping, Dick Turpin, George Michael, Hansie Cronje, Jack Nicklaus, Jim Clark, Jimmy Carter, John Wayne, Keith Richards, Maggie Smith, matches, Mick Jagger, Mt Vesuvius, Mussolini, news, Olympics, Second World War, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sun Yat-Sen, Today in history, Trump, Wham!, World Health Organisation

1724: Bach’s “St John Passion” premieres in Leipzig. 1739: Highwayman Dick Turpin is executed for horse theft. 1770: Birth of

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