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31/03/202130/03/2021 YA Reporter Aldermaston, Calley, CND, Cromwell, Eiffel Tower, Fallujah, Goethe, Grand National, Harold Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Joni Mitchell, Kant, Lyndon B Johnson, Magellan, March 31, Mi Lai, Muhammad Ali, news, Red Rum, Schumann, Today in history

1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus, The Philippines. 1596: Birth of French philosopher

1930: Stromboli erupts on Sicily

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It happened today – this day in history – September 11

11/09/202010/09/2020 Mick Ferris Anna Lindh, Beatles, Benghazi, Benjamin Franklin, Commonwealth Games, Cromwell, FA Cup, Fangio, Gandhi, Georgi Markov, history, Khrushchev, Olympics, Peter Tosh, Pistorius, Ray Charles, Roosevelt, Scotland, September 11, Stravinsky, Stromboli, Tojo, W C Handy, William Wallace

1297: Scottish rebel William Wallace defeats the Engllish at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 1390: Teutonic Knights begin a five-week

1967: Stockholm descends into chaos as Sweden changes from driving on the left to the right

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It happened today – this day in history – September 3

03/09/202002/09/2020 Mick Ferris Beatles, Beslan, Boer War, Bruckner, Canned Heat, Capra, Cromwell, Doherty, E E Cummings, Fair Isle, history, Malcolm Campbell, Munich, Olympics, Qatar, Ringo Starr, Robert Kennedy, Rolling Stones, Second World War, September 3, Spitz, Sweden, Unity Mitford, Verdun

301: San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world’s oldest republic still in existence, is

1963: Ready Steady Go host Cathy McGowan and Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones

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It happened today – this day in history – August 9

09/08/202008/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 9, Cliff Richard, Cromwell, Daley Thompson, Edward VII, Gallipoli, Gerald Ford, history, Jesse Owens, Joe Orton, Julius Ceasar, Nagasaki, Napoleon, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Queen, Ready Steady Go, Sharon Tate, Usain Bolt

48BC: Julius Ceasar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 681: Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on

1955: Ruth Ellis

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It happened today – this day in history – July 13

13/07/202013/07/2020 Mick Ferris #BlackLivesMatter, Buckingham Palace, Cromwell, Fatboy Slim, history, July 13, Live Aid, Paul McCartney, Ruth Ellis, Theresa May, World Cup

1174: William I of Scotland, key rebel in the revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to

1985: Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior

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It happened today – this day in history – July 10

10/07/202009/07/2020 Mick Ferris Alexandra Palace, Bahamas, Cliff Richard, Cromwell, Darroch, Dublin, Greenpeace, history, Howard Hughes, July 10, Lady Godiva, Lady Jane Grey, Louis XVI, News of the World, Rainbow Warrior, Russell, Trevino, Yeltsin

48BC: Julius Ceasar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania).

2017: Grenfell Tower

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It happened today – this day in history – June 14

14/06/202006/06/2021 Mick Ferris Auschwitz, Babbage, Cromwell, Dylan, Falklands, Geldof, Grenfell, history, Jagger, June 14, Mandela, Reagan

1381: Richard II meets leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. 1645: The Tower of London is stormed The “New

1969: Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock with the white Fender Stratocaster

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It happened today – this day in history – April 25

25/04/202020/04/2021 Mick Ferris April 25, Berlin, Cromwell, guillotine, Hendrix, history, Holocaust, Puccini, Suez, Yeltsin

1284: Birth of Edward II at Caernarfon Castle, Wales. 1599: Oliver Cromwell is born in Huntingdon. 1607: The Dutch fleet

1981: Robert De Niro wins the Oscar for playing boxer Jake La Motta in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull

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It happened today – this day in history – March 31

31/03/202023/03/2021 Mick Ferris Cromwell, De Niro, Hendrix, history, Isley, Joni Mitchell, Lee, March 31, Muhammad Ali, Scorsese

1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus, The Philippines. 1596: Birth of French philosopher