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1958: Emotional teenager Pele celebrates Brazil winning the World Cup in Sweden

It happened today – this day in history – June 28

28/06/202027/06/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Brazil, Catherine the Great, Elton John, Franz Ferdinand, Henry VIII, history, Irish Civil War, June 28, Led Zeppelin, Lee Trevino, Muhammad Ali, Pele, Queen Victoria, Tyson

1461: Edward IV is crowned king of England. 1491: Birth of Henry VIII in London. 1577: Birth of Flemish Baroque

1943: V1 rocket at Peenemunde

It happened today – this day in history – June 23

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930: The Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi, the world’s oldest parliament, is established. 1547: Champion of the Protestant Reformation, Philip I,