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1884: General Charles Gordon

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It happened today – this day in history – January 18

18/01/202317/01/2023 YA Reporter Bentley, Boston, Boston Strangler, Botany Bay, Delius, Gaitskell, Garfield Todd, General Gordon, January 18, Japan, Kaiser Wilhelm I, Legionnaires' disease, New Cross, news, Noriega, Pizarro, Rolling Stones, Saracens, Second World War, Stalingrad, Super Bowl, Today in history

1126: Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Qinzong. 1535: Francisco Pizarro founds the city of

1951: Ilse Koch

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It happened today – this day in history – January 15

15/01/202314/01/2023 YA Reporter Belfast, Black Dahlia, Boston, Brexit, Cherry Groce, Dillinger, Elizabeth I, Gaddafi, Henry VIII, Ilse Koch, January 15, Japan, Kuwait, Mark Thatcher, Mozart, news, Otis, Pentagon, Poland, Princess of Wales, Second World War, Simone Biles, Smollett, Sullenberger, Super Bowl, Theresa May, Today in history, Tony Benn, Vietnam, World Cup

588BC: 1412: Birth of Joan of Arc. 708: Sisinnius begins his 20-day reign as Pope 153Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays

1947: John Cobb

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It happened today – this day in history – September 16

16/09/202215/09/2022 YA Reporter Afghanistan, Beatles, Boston, Capetown, Gerald Ford, Hendrix, Highbury, Jacobites, John Cobb, Lake Nyasa, Macron, Malaysia, Marc Bolan, Monty Python, news, Rwanda, Second World War, September 16, Today in history, Wall Street

1498: Tomas de Torquemada, Castilian Grand Inquisitor during Spanish Inquisition, dies aged 77. 1630: The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changes

2018: You should see the other fella: Cardi B

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It happened today – this day in history – September 7

07/09/202206/09/2022 YA Reporter Ascari, Borodino, Boston, Boulder Dam, Boxer Rebellion, Cardi B, Desmond Tutu, Frank James, Hungary, Interpol, Jackie Stewart, Jerusalem, Keith Moon, Led Zeppelin, Napoleon, news, Nicki Minaj, Olympics, Paralympics, Perkin Warbeck, Richard I, Second World War, September 7, Taliban, Today in history, Tupac

70AD: The Romans occupy and plunder Jerusalem. 1191: Richard I defeats Saladin at Arsuf in the Third Crusade. 1497: Pretender

1996: Erik and Lyle Menendez

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It happened today – this day in history – March 20

20/03/202220/03/2022 YA Reporter Abebe Bikila, Baghdad, Beatles, Boston, Chirac, Dachau, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, First World War, Grand National, Henry IV, Humphrey Bogart, Japan, Jesse James, KFC, Lennon, March 20, Menendez, Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson, Mt Vesuvius, Napoleon, news, Northern Ireland, Obama, Princess Anne, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Tunisia, Volta, Walter Raleigh, Warrington, World Cup

1413: Death of Henry IV. 1616: Walter Raleigh is released from the Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana.

1943: The Pentagon

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It happened today – this day in history – January 15

15/01/202214/01/2022 YA Reporter 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

1969: Jackie Stewart

It happened today – this day in history – September 7

07/09/202006/09/2020 Mick Ferris Blitz, Boston, Desmond Tutu, history, Interpol, Jackie Stewart, Keith Moon, Led Zeppelin, Richard the Lionheart, September 7, Tupac Shakur

70AD: The Romans occupy and plunder Jerusalem. 1191: Richard I defeats Saladin at Arsuf in the Third Crusade. 1497: Pretender