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1984: WPC Yvonne Fletcher lies fatally wounded after being shot

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It happened today – this day in history – April 17

17/04/202216/04/2022 YA Reporter April 17, Bay of Pigs, Chaucer, Columbus, Eddie Cochran, Haile Selassie, John McCarthy, Khmer Rouge, Mary Surratt, Napoleon, news, Premium Bonds, Prince Philip, Second World War, Sir Thomas More, snooker, Today in history, Yvonne Fletcher

1397: Geoffrey Chaucer tells the “Canterbury Tales” for the first time at the court of Richard II. 1492: Christopher Columbus

2015: Jimmy Anderson

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – April 17

17/04/202111/04/2022 YA Reporter April 17, Bay of Pigs, Bernadette Devlin, Chaucer, Christopher Columbus, Eddie Cochran, Jimmy Anderson, John McCarthy, Khmer Rouge, Mary Surratt, Morrissey, Mussolini, Napoleon, news, Peru, Rodney King, Santana, Sir Thomas More, Sirhan Sirhan, snooker, Today in history, Yvonne Fletcher

1397: Geoffrey Chaucer tells the “Canterbury Tales” for the first time at the court of Richard II. 1492: Christopher Columbus

1995: Arise Sir Cliff Richard

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It happened today – this day in history – October 25

25/10/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Agincourt, Boer War, Cassini, Charge of the Light Brigade, Chaucer, Cliff Richard, Evander Holyfield, George III, Grenada, history, Steinbeck

1400: Author and poet Geoffrey Chaucer dies aged 54. 1415: Henry V’s forces defeat the larger French army at the