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1942: Carole Lombard

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It happened today – this day in history – January 16

16/01/202215/01/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Act of Union, Boy George, Carole Lombard, Columbus, Harold Larwood, Ivan the Terrible, January 16, Jools Holland, Khruschev, Lennon, Louis XVI, Michael Jackson, news, Ostrogoths, Paul McCartney, Peninsula War, Pondicherry, Second World War, Shah of Iran, Soyuz, Stalingrad, Stanley Baldwin, Theresa May, Today in history, Trump, Vaclav Havel, Viet Minh

550: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege by bribing the Isaurian garrison. 1362: A storm

1986: Michael Heseltine quits the cabinet

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It happened today – this day in history – January 9

09/01/202208/01/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Anthony Eden, Aswan Dam, Charlie Watts, Columbus, Concorde, Daguerreotype, Howard Hughes, income tax, iPhone, Ivan the Terrible, January 9, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, Mick Jagger, miners strike, Mississippi, Nelson Mandela, news, Novgorod, pogrom, RMS Queen Elizabeth, Second World War, Super Bowl, Today in history, Tony Bullimore, William Pitt the Younger

1493: First sight of manatees by Christopher Columbus. 1570: Ivan the Terrible kills 1,000-2,000 residents of Novgorod. 1718: France declares

1967: The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

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It happened today – this day in history – December 26

26/12/202125/12/2021 YA Reporter Afghanistan, African Queen, Beatles, Beckenbauer, Churchill, Columbus, December 26, Dian Fossey, Elizabeth Bathory, George Washington, Gilbert and Sullivan, Hendrix, Indira Gandhi, Iraq, JonBenét Ramsey, King Lear, Lillian Board, news, Sex Pistols, Shakespeare, Today in history, tsunami

1492: The first Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded in modern day Haiti by Christopher Columbus.

1954: Johnny Ace

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It happened today – this day in history – December 25

25/12/202124/12/2021 YA Reporter Afghanistan, Andrew Johnson, Beagle 2, Ceausescu, Celsius, Charlemagne, Charlie Chaplin, Columbus, Cruyff, Darwin, December 25, Ed Gein, First World War, Gorbachev, Hirohito, Johnny Ace, Mars, news, Paul McCartney, Rudolph, Santa Maria, St Francis of Assisi, The Queen, Today in history, Vivien Leigh, William the Conqueror

352: The first definite date Christmas was celebrated on this day. 597: England adopts the Julian calendar. 800: Pope Leo

1992: The Hubble telescope

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It happened today – this day in history – December 5

05/12/202104/12/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Jackson, Beatles, Berlioz, Blackbeard, California Gold Rush, Charlemagne, Civil Partnership Act, Columbus, December 5, Einstein, Fiji, First World War, George Washington, Hubble Telescope, Jim Bakker, Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Celeste, MAxwell, Monty Python's Flying Circus, news, O J Simpson, Olympics, Omaha, Paul McCartney, prohibition, Pyongyang, Second World War, Thomas Jefferson, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, Weimar

771: Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 1456: An earthquake strikes

2017: The engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (Photo: BBC)

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It happened today – this day in history – November 27

27/11/202126/11/2021 YA Reporter Columbus, Custer, Damilola Taylor, Edward I, Gary Speed, Harvey Milk, John Major, Korea, Meghan Markle, Napoleon, news, Northern Ireland, November 27, Olympics, Perkin Warbeck, Pope Paul VI, Prince Marry, Richard Strauss, Ross McWhirter, Second World War, Today in history, Vietnam

8BC: Roman poet Horace dies aged 56. 1295: Edward I calls what later became known as “The Model Parliament” extending

1984: The recording of Do They Know It's Christmas

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It happened today – this day in history – November 25

25/11/202124/11/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Johnson, Band Aid, Clement Attlee, Columbus, Eisenhower, Hirohito, Hungary, Iran Contra, Lech Walesa, Lennon, news, November 25, Puerto Rico, Reagan, Second World War, Today in history, Trump, Woody Woodpecker

1034: Death of Malcolm II, King of Scots. 1500: Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Christopher Columbus. 1741: Elizabeth

1939: The Flash and Hawkman debut in DC Comics

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It happened today – this day in history – November 19

19/11/202118/11/2021 YA Reporter Apollo 12, Bartòk, Carl Perkins, Columbus, DC Comics, Eisenhower, Flash, Gettysburg, Gorbachev, Jimmy Greaves, Mayflower, Michael Jackson, Milli Vanilli, Mugabe, news, November 19, Olympics, Reagan, Sadat, Second World War, Tennyson, Today in history, Vincent van Gogh, Wolfe Tone

1274: The Mongol army lands at Hakata Bay in Japan during their first invasion attempt and are defeated;. A typhoon

1979: Anthony Blunt

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It happened today – this day in history – November 15

15/11/202114/11/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Bonar Law, Anne Boleyn, Beatles, Beirut, Cardinal Wolsey, Churchill, Columbus, Coventry, Henry VIII, Janis Joplin, Kepler, Mendelssohn, Milli Vanilli, Mir, Mugabe, news, November 15, Pitman, Princess Anne, Second World War, Sir Anthony Blunt, Sony, Today in history, Unabomber

1492: Christopher Columbus makes the first recorded reference to tobacco. 1515: Thomas Wolsey is invested as a cardinal. 1532: Pope

1920: Unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph at Whitehall, by King George V (Photo: Imperial War Museum)

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It happened today – this day in history – November 11

11/11/202110/11/2021 YA Reporter Angola, Armistice, Beatles, Cenotaph, chrysanthemums, Columbus, Cruise missiles, Frederick Barbarossa, Gemini 12, General Synod, Gough Whitlam, Hong Kong, Jacobites, Leonardo da Vinci, Louis Armstrong, Maldives, Manchester Ship Canal, Ned Kelly, news, November 11, Ravel, Rhodesia, Second World War, Today in history, Tolkien, Vincent van Gogh, Washington, Yasser Arafat

1158: Frederick Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy. 1493: Christopher Columbus discovers the Caribbean island of Saba. 1640: Thomas

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