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1988: The Piper Alpha oil rig disaster

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – July 6

06/07/202105/07/2021 YA Reporter Battle of Sedgemoor, Beatles, Biafra, Boris Becker, David Bowie, dollar, Edward V, Edward VI, Francis Drake, Fred Perry, Henry II, Horlick's, Imran Khan, John Lennon, July 6, Lawrence of Arabia, news, oil rig, Olympics, Oscar Pistorius, Pasteur, Paul McCartney, Peary, Piper Alpha, Richard I, Richard III, Sir Thomas More, Today in history, William Kidd

1189: Richard I is crowned King of England upon the death of King Henry II. 1249: Death of Alexander II,

1997: Betty Shabazz

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It happened today – this day in history – May 30

30/05/202129/05/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Jackson, Bangladesh, Beatles, Betty Shabazz, Biafra, Charles I, Chelsea, Christopher Marlowe, Columbus, Elon Musk, Graham Hill, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Hissène Habré, Jane Seymour, Joan of Arc, Lincoln Memorial, Liverpool, Margaret of Anjou, May 30, Napoleon, news, Nottingham Forest, Queen Victoria, Real Madrid, Today in history, Tyson, Zatopek

1381: Peasant uprising begins in Essex. 1431: Joan of Arc, aged 19, is burned at the stake in Rouen. 1445:

1908: Henri Farman crosses the line to win the Grand Prix d'Aviation for the first observed flight of 1km

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – January 13

13/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter Biafra, Bill Gates, Bob Dylan, Churchill, Costa Concordia, Donny Hathaway, Dr Harold Shipman, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Galileo, Ghana, Henri Farman, history, January 13, Jeffrey Dahmer, Oscar Wilde, Tonya Harding, Wagner

1099: Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria. 1404: The Act of Multipliers is passed by Parliament forbidding alchemists to use

2006: Australian naturalist Steve Irwin is killed

It happened today – this day in history – September 4

04/09/202003/09/2020 Mick Ferris Amazon, Beatles, Beatrix Potter, Biafra, Brabham, Carrie Lam, Danzig, Edison, Fela Kuti, Forth Road Bridge, Geronimo, Google, Halley, history, Jimi Hendrix, Markova, Mother Teresa, Olympics, September 4, Spitz, Steve Irwin

1571: Catholic rebellion in Scotland. 1682: Astronomer Edmond Halley observes the comet named after him. 1824: Birth of composer Anton

1979: Nottingham Forest

It happened today – this day in history – May 30

30/05/202029/05/2020 Mick Ferris Biafra, Henry VIII, history, Joan of Arc, May 30, Nottingham Forest, Queen Victoria

1381: Peasant uprising begins in Essex. 1431: Joan of Arc, aged 19, is burned at the stake in Rouen. 1445: