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1966: The rooftops of Pantglas Junior School, Aberfan, poke out of the sludge and debris as rescuers hunt for survivors

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It happened today – this day in history – October 21

21/10/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Aberfan, Bernadette Devlin, Bikila, Bill Black, Buddy Holly, Florence Nightingale, George Michael, Gerry Adams, Gijon, Gorbachev, Greta Weitz, Guggenheim Museum, history, Horatio Nelson, Kenyatta, Kimi Raikkonen, Magellan, Malala Yousafzai, Marcos, Martin McGuinness, Niki Lauda, October 21, Offenbach, Olympics, Oscar Pistorius, Senna, The Clash

1520: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific

1940: Churchill, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspect the damage at Buckingham Palace

It happened today – this day in history – September 10

10/09/202009/09/2020 Mick Ferris Andretti, Andy Murray, Berlioz, Bikila, Bizet, Bolivar, Buckingham Palace, China, Donald Trump, Elvis, history, Irish Free State, Jock Stein, Katie Price, Large Hadron Collider, Madagascar, Mike Smith, Monza, Muhammad Ali, Olympics, Peter Andre, Quisling, Ronnie Peterson, Sarah Greene, September 10, Switzerland

1547: The English demand that Edward VI, aged 10, marry Mary, Queen of Scots (5). 1659: Birth of English composer

2015: Lewis Hamilton

It happened today – this day in history – October 25

25/10/201924/10/2019 Mick Ferris Bikila, Brahms, Bruce, Cliff, Evander, George III, Hamilton, Hendrix, history, October 25, Peel, Steinbeck

1131: Louis VII the Young is crowned King of France. 1400: Death of author Geoffrey Chaucer. 1415: Henry V’s forces