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1916: Mark I tanks on the day they were first used in warfare

It happened today – this day in history – September 15

15/09/202014/09/2020 Mick Ferris Astrid Proll, Brunel, Chamberlain, Churchill, Darwin, Fleming, history, Marco Polo, Muhammad Ali, Napoleon, Olympics, Parsons Green, Ramones, September 15, Somme, tanks, The Sun, Yasser Arafat

921: Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin. 1254: Birth of explorer Marco Polo in

1907: The Cullinan Diamond

It happened today – on this day in history – November 9

09/11/201908/11/2019 Mick Ferris Chamberlain, Cullinan, de Gaulle, Epstein, history, Holyfield, Larsson, Lennon, Nelson, November 9

1541: Catherine Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth wife is confined in the Tower of London. 1580: Spanish troops land in Ireland.

1939: Neville Chamberlain – Britain's prime minister at the outbreak of the Second World War. Photo: PA/PA Wire

It happened today – this day in history – September 3

03/09/201911/09/2019 Press Association Beslan, Chamberlain, Cromwell, Gregorian, history, news, nostalgia, September 3, war, yellow advertiser

1189: Richard the Lionheart was crowned king of England at Westminster after the death of his father, Henry II. 1651: