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1990: Freddie Mercury (far left) and Queen at the Brits

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It happened today – this day in history – February 18

18/02/202217/02/2022 YA Reporter Beatles, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Brian Wilson, Bunyan, Churchill, Cortes, David Gilmour, Edward IV, February 18, First World War, Henry Tudor, Joe McCarthy, Khartoum, Kiev, Mark Twain, Mary Queen of Scots, Napoleon, Nepal, news, Pluto, Ray Charles, Second World War, Thatcher, Today in history, Winter Olympics

1294: Death of Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan. 1478: George, Duke of Clarence, is convicted of treason against his older brother

1954: Senator Joe McCarthy

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It happened today – this day in history – December 2

02/12/202101/12/2021 YA Reporter Biko, Brahms, Castro, Cortes, December 2, Disraeli, Eddystone Lighthouse, Fermi, Hong Komg, John Brown, Napoleon, news, Nick Leeson, Pablo Escobar, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Sir Christopher Wren, St Paul's Cathedral, Today in history

1547: Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who defeated the Aztec Empire and colonized large parts of Mexico, dies of pleurisy. 1697:

1987: A huge IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

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It happened today – this day in history – November 8

08/11/202107/11/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Alex Ferguson, Beatles, Beer Hall Putsch, Bodleian, Cortes, Enniskillen, First World War, Franklin D Roosevelt, John F Kennedy, Montana, news, Nigel Mansell, November 8, Priti Patel, Second World War, singles chart, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Trump, Walthamstow, Windscale, Wolfe Tone

1431: Birth of Vlad III The Impaler in Transylvania. 1519: First meeting of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II and Spanish conquistador

1917: Mata Hari

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It happened today – this day in history – October 15

15/10/202115/10/2021 YA Reporter Breton, Buddy Holly, Chris Evert, Cologne Cathedral, Cortes, Debussy, Goering, Hemingway, Henry VIII, Karl Marx, Keith Richards, La Guardia, Leopold II, Little Richard, Mata Hari, Mussorsky, Napoleon, news, October 15, Olympics, Quebec, Second World War, Today in history, Walter Sisulu, Winston Silcott

70BC: Birth of Roman poet Virgil. 1501: Heir to the throne and older brother of Henry VIII, Prince Arthur, marries

1947: Something crashes at Roswell New Mexico

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It happened today – this day in history – July 7

07/07/202106/07/2021 YA Reporter 7/7, Andy Murray, Beatles, Bobby Robson, Boris Becker, Botham, Boulder Dam, Cortes, Edward I, G20, Haiti, Isaac Newton, Joan of Arc, July 7, Kovono, Led Zeppelin, London, Mary Surratt, Napoleon, Navratilova, Nelson Mandela, news, Otis Redding, Rolling Stones, Roswell, terror attack, Today in history, Tony Hancock, William S Burroughs, World Cup

1307: Edward I dies aged 68. He is succeeded by his son Edward II. 1456: A retrial verdict acquits Joan

1868: Benjamin Disraeli

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It happened today – this day in history – December 2

02/12/202026/11/2021 Mick Ferris Benelux, Biko, Castro, Cortes, December 2, Disraeli, Escobar, Fermi, history, Joe McCarthy, Kruger, Leeson, Napoleon, Netanyahu, Wren

1547: Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who defeated the Aztec Empire and colonized large parts of Mexico, dies of pleurisy. 1697:

2005: Suicide bombers strike in London

It happened today – this day in history – July 7

07/07/202006/07/2020 Mick Ferris 7/7, Beatles, Becker, Botham, Cortes, Edward I, Haiti, Hancock, history, July 7, Kovono, Led Zeppelin, London bombings, Navratilova, Newton, Ringo, Roswell, Surratt

1307: Edward I dies aged 68. 1456: A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after she