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1939: The Graf Spee

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – December 13

13/12/202112/12/2021 YA Reporter Abel Tasman, Brixton, December 13, English Civil War, First World War, Gershwin, Greece, Jerusalem, Kofi Annan, Lauren Hill, Lewis Hamilton, Malta, Nanjing, news, Paraguay, Poland, Rossini, Second World War, Sir Francis Drake, thalidomide, Today in history

1294: Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months. 1466: Death of artist Donatello aged 80. 1577: Sir

1923: The Radio Times is published for the first time

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – September 28

28/09/202127/09/2021 YA Reporter Brixton, Cabrillo, Confucius, First World War, Henry I, Miles Davis, miners strike, Muhammad Ali, Musk, Napoleon, news, Olympics, Pope John Paul I, Radio Times, Ryder Cup, Sadat, Second World War, September 28, Spaghetti House Siege, Today in history, Transvaal, Wayne Rooney, William the Conqueror, Yorktown

551BC: Birth of Confucius. 48BC: Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt. 935: Saint

1976: Brotherhood Of Man with the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – April 3

03/04/202102/04/2021 YA Reporter April 3, Beatles, Brixton, Brunei, Churchill, Doctor Who, Edward the Confessor, Emmeline Pankhurst, Eurovision, Falklands, Fischer, Fowler, Grand National, Jesse James, Kate Bush, news, Oliver Cromwell, Pony Express, Stalin, Today in history, Truman, Unabomber, Woody Allen

1043: Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. 1367: Henry IV is born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs. 1657: Lord

2003: Lauryn Hill

News Today in History

It happened today – on this day in history – December 13

13/12/202028/01/2021 YA Reporter Abel Tasman, Brixton, December 13, Diana Ross, Dizzee Rascal, Donatello, Gershwin, Graf Spee, history, James Dean, Kofi Annan, Lauryn Hill, Saddam Hussein, Sir Francis Drake, Solidarity, Theresa May

1294: Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months. 1466: Death of artist Donatello aged 80. 1577: Sir

1975: The Spaghetti House siege in Kensington

It happened today – this day in history – September 28

28/09/202027/09/2020 Mick Ferris Brixton, Bubka, history, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali, Musk, Napoleon Bonaparte, Olympics, Pope John Paul I, Sadat, September 28, Spaghetti House Siege, Toronto, Transvaal, William the Conqueror

551BC: Birth of Confucius. 48BC: Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt. 935: Saint

1913: Emmeline Pankhurst

It happened today – this day in history – April 3

03/04/202002/04/2020 Mick Ferris April 3, Brixton, Castro, Doctor Who, Eurovision, Falklands, history, Jesse James, Kate Bush, Pankhurst, Stalin, Truman

1043: Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. 1367: Henry IV is born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs. 1721: Robert

Chibuzo Ukono (left) ad Rishon Florant

East London teens jailed for killing of youth in Brixton

11/10/201911/10/2019 Mick Ferris Brixton, crime, Florant, Loughton, news, stabbing, Ukonu, Waltham Forest

Two east London teenagers who chased a young man into a Brixton youth club before stabbing him to death in