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2004: First hi-res colour photo of the surface of Mars

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – January 25

25/01/202224/01/2022 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Boleyn, Antarctica, Beatles, Beckham, David Owen, Edison, Edward III, El Salvador, Electoral Commission, Eric Cantona, Henry VIII, Idi Amin, January 25, League of Nations, Mars, Mendelssohn, Napoleon, NASA, Nellie Bly, news, Paul McCartney, Rossini, Roy Jenkins, Russia, São Paulo, Shirley Williams, Today in history, Trump, William Rodgers, Winter Olympics

1327: Edward III acceeds to the English throne after the abdication of Edward II. 1533: Henry VIII marries his second

1945: The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima

It happened today – this day in history – August 6

06/08/202005/08/2020 Mick Ferris Atomic bomb, August 6, Big Ben, Chay Blyth, Churchill, cosmonaut, David Owen, Gertrude Ederle, Hiroshima, history, Muhammad Ali, Olympics, Pope Paul VI, Stevie Wonder, Tim Berners-Lee, world wide web

1497: Explorer John Cabot returns to Bristol from Newfoundland – the first European to do so since the Vikings. 1623: