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16/03/202215/03/2022 YA Reporter Amoco Cadiz, Beatles, Billie Holiday, Crimea, Darwin, Egypt, Eisenhower, FA Cup, Frank Bruno, Gemini 8, Harold Wilson, Joseph Lister, King Gustav III, Knossos, Lennon, Long Parliament, Louis XIV, Mahler, March 16, Michael Stone, My Lai massacre, news, Oliver North, Pucheu, Putin, Six Nations, Terry Anderson, Tito, Today in history, Tonya Harding, Trump

597BC: Babylonians capture Jerusalem. 1190: Jews living in York are besieged in Clifford’s Tower and massacred or commit suicide rather

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

1963: Lee Harvey Oswald is shot by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas Police HQ

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It happened today – this day in history – November 24

24/11/202123/11/2021 YA Reporter Abel Tasman, Apollo 12, Beatles, Brezhnev, Darwin, Freddie Mercury, Gerald Ford, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mt Vesuvius, news, November 24, Oliver Cromwell, River Thames, Second World War, Today in history

1434: The River Thames freezes over in London. 1542: The English beat Scottish King James V at the Battle of

1983: Neil Kinnock

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It happened today – this day in history – October 2

02/10/202101/10/2021 YA Reporter Adam Ant, Beatrix Potter, Cartier, Constantinople, Darwin, Henry VII, Jamal Khashoggi, Katie Melua, Kim Kardashian, Louis XIII, Muhammad Ali, Neil Kinnock, news, Niki Lauda, October 2, Olympics, Richard III, Saladin, Texas revolution, Today in history, Woodrow Wilson

1187: Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders. 1452: Richard III is born in Fotheringhay Castle, Northants. 1492: Henry VII invades

1973: Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs

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It happened today – this day in history – September 20

20/09/202119/09/2021 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alain Prost, Beatles, Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Carl Bridgewater, Charles I, Chester A Arthur, Crimean War, Darwin, East Timor, English Civil War, Italy, Jim Croce, Jim Morrison, Joe Louis, John F Kennedy, Led Zeppelin, Maastricht Treaty, Magellan, news, Olympics, Paul McCartney, Prince of Wales, QE2, RMS Mauretania, Saladin, Salisbury Cathedral, Second World War, September 20, Today in history, Wilbur and Orville Wright

1187: Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. 1258: Salisbury Cathedral is inaugurated. 1486: Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry

1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

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It happened today – this day in history – September 15

15/09/202114/09/2021 YA Reporter Alexander Fleming, American Civil War, Astrid Proll, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Somme, Beatles, Boer War, Darwin, First World War, Lyndon B Johnson, Marco Polo, Napoleon, Neville Chamberlain, news, Olympics, Parsons Green, Pope Urban VII, Ryder Cup, Second World War, September 15, Stephenson's Rocket, The Sun, Thomas Wolsey, Today in history, US Revolutionary War, Yasser Arafat

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

1978: The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz

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It happened today – this day in history – March 16

16/03/202115/03/2021 YA Reporter Amoco Cadiz, Beatles, Billie Holiday, Crimea, Darwin, Egypt, FA Cup, Frank Bruno, Gemini 8, Harold Wilson, Jericho, King Gustav III, Lennon, Lister, Louis XIV, Mahler, March 16, Michael Stone, Mike Tyson, My Lai massacre, news, Rugby Union, Sex Pistols, Tito, Today in history, Tonya Harding

1322: The Battle of Boroughbridge takes place in the First War of Scottish Independence. 1660: The English Long Parliament disbands.

1985: Wendy Richard and Gillian Taylforth in EastEnders

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 19

19/02/202118/02/2021 Mick Ferris Beatles, Berlin, Bjork, Boko Haram, Bon Scott, Brentwood, Cyprus, Darwin, EastEnders, Edison, February 19, George Harrison, Michael Parkinson, NASA, Netherlands, Old Trafford, Ozzy Osbourne, Sibelius, Today in history

1473: Birth of mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. 1736: Handel’s “Alexander’s Feast” premieres at the Covent Garden Theatre, London. 1819:

1905: Tsarist troops wait for protestors outside the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

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It happened today – this day in history – January 22

22/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter Azerbaijan, Beach Boys, Beatles, Buddy Holly, COVID-19, Darwin, David Bowie, Edward VII, Falkland Islands, George Foreman, George Weah, history, James Hanratty, January 22, Lord Byron, Melania Trump, Mike Hawthorn, Mike Tyson, Queen Victoria, Rourke's Drift, Sakharov, St Petersburg, Sumatra, Vatican

871: The Danish invasion army beats Saxon Ethelred of Wessex at the Battle of Basing. 1371: King Robert II of

1977: Charlie Chaplin dies

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It happened today – on this day in history – December 25

25/12/202028/01/2021 YA Reporter Afghanistan, Ceausescu, Charlie Chaplin, Christmas truce, Christopher Columbus, Darwin, December 25, George Michael, Gorbachev, Hirohito, history, James Brown, Johnny Ace, Paul McCartney, St Francis of Assisi, The Queen, William the Conqueror

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

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