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1947: The engagement of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten

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It happened today – this day in history – July 9

09/07/202108/07/2021 YA Reporter Anne of Cleves, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Boris Johnson, Chiang Kai-shek, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Henry VIII, HMS Vanguard, Ian Botham, Johnny Cash, July 9, Lord Rockingham, Michael Fagen, Napoleon, news, Oliver North, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, Philip Mountbatten, Princess Elizabeth, Richard Hadlee, Ricky Gervais, Tamerlane, The Queen, Today in history, Wayne Rooney, Wimbledon, World Cup, Zachary Taylor, Zidane

1401: Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540: Henry VIII annuls his six month marriage to his fourth wife

1988: The Piper Alpha oil rig disaster

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It happened today – this day in history – July 6

06/07/202105/07/2021 YA Reporter Battle of Sedgemoor, Beatles, Biafra, Boris Becker, David Bowie, dollar, Edward V, Edward VI, Francis Drake, Fred Perry, Henry II, Horlick's, Imran Khan, John Lennon, July 6, Lawrence of Arabia, news, oil rig, Olympics, Oscar Pistorius, Pasteur, Paul McCartney, Peary, Piper Alpha, Richard I, Richard III, Sir Thomas More, Today in history, William Kidd

1189: Richard I is crowned King of England upon the death of King Henry II. 1249: Death of Alexander II,

1936: Britain's Fred Perry wins Wimbledon

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It happened today – this day in history – July 3

03/07/202102/07/2021 YA Reporter Benz, Brian Jones, Charles II, David Bowie, Fred Perry, Gettysburg, Idaho, Jim Morrison, John Logie Baird, July 3, Ken Livingstone, Klaus Barbie, Louis IX, news, News at Ten, Pitcairn, Pope Pius IX, Quebec, Saladin, Slocum, Stone of Scone, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II

1187: Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, destroys Jerusalem’s crusader army. 1250: Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars’

2019: David Gilmour and his iconic black Fender Stratocaster

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It happened today – this day in history – June 20

20/06/202119/06/2021 YA Reporter Alaska, Bugsy Siegel, David Bowie, David Gilmour, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, John Major, Juan Peron, June 20, Lizzie Borden, Louis XVI, Muhammad Ali, news, O J Simpson, Oxford University, Queen Victoria, Roberto Durán, Samuel Morse, Tobruk, Today in history

451: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in north east France. 1214: The University of Oxford receives its

1968: Artist Andy Warhol is shot three times by feminist Valerie Solanas

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It happened today – this day in history – June 3

03/06/202103/06/2021 YA Reporter Andy Warhol, Beatlles, bikini, Chauvin, Crusaders, David Bowie, David Crosby, Dunkirk, Elvis, Florida, Gemini 4, Gemini 9, George V, Graham Nash, Imran Khan, Jay Z, Jesse James, Jim Gordon, jubilee, June 3, Kennedy, Kruschev, Lacrosse, London Bridge, Mountbatten, Muhammad Ali, news, Pope John XXIII, Ray Davies, Real Madrid, Ringo, Stephen Stills, Tiananmen Square, Today in history, Valerie Solanas, W G Grace, Wallis Simpson

1098: After a five-month siege in the First Crusade, Crusaders seize Antioch (in modern day Turkey). 1539: Explorer Hernando de

1986: Pripyat is evacuated after the nuclear accident at Chernobyl

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It happened today – this day in history – April 27

27/04/202127/04/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Apollo 16, April 27, Beatles, Beethoven, Betty Boothroyd, Castro, Charles I, COVID-19, David Bowie, Denis Law, Edward I, habeas corpus, Handel, Hinckley, Kim Jong-un, Magellan, Mao, Milton, Mussolini, news, Olympics, Pope francis, Pripyat, Rocky Marciano, Sierra Leone, Tiananmen Square, Today in history, Togo, Westminster

1124: David I becomes king of Scots. 1296: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England at The Battle

2001: Selby Rail Disaster

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 28

28/02/202127/02/2021 YA Reporter Crimea, David Bowie, DNA, February 28, General Election, Grand National, Handel, John Wesley, Kim Jong-un, Kissinger, M*A*S*H, Michael Jackson, Moorgate, news, Olof Palme, Selby, Taiwan, Today in history, Trum, Waco

1728: Handel’s opera “Siroe, re di Persia” premieres in London. 1749: Henry Fieldings’ novel “Tom Jones” published. 1784: John Wesley

1945: Dresden after the Allied firebombing campaign

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 14

14/02/202114/02/2021 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alexander Graham Bell, Beatles, David Bowie, Dracula, Dresden, James Cook, James Knox Polk, Oscar Pistorius, Oscar Wilde, Otis Redding, Prince, Richard II, Richard Nixon, Salman Rushdie, Thomas Cranmer, Today in history, Torvill and Dean, William III, Winter Olympics

1400: Richard II is murdered at Pontefract Castle. 1556: Archbishop Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic. 1689: Parliament places Mary

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

1987: Jools Holland

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It happened today – this day in history – January 16

16/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter Bodyline, Boy George, Carole Lombard, Christopher Columbus, Corunna, David Bowie, Donald Trump, Eisenhower, Hartley Colliery, history, Ivan the Terrible, January 16, Jools Holland, Khrushchev, Lennon, Louis XVI, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Shah of Iran, Stalingrad, Stanley Baldwin, Theodore Roosevelt, Theresa May, Vaclav Havel

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

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