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2019: Fallon Sherrock

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – December 17

17/12/202219/12/2022 YA Reporter Beatles, bond, December 17, Egypt, Ellis Island, Graf Spee, Harrods, Henry VIII, Holt, Irish Free State, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mary Bell, news, nuclear fission, OPEC, Ostrogoths, Project Blue Book, Schubert, Second World War, Tamerlane, Today in history, Wright Brothers

546: The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison. 1398: Turkic conqueror Tamerlane captures and sacks

1903: Orville Wright make the first ever motorised flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, as brother Wilbur runs alongside

News Today in History

It happened today – on this day in history – December 17

17/12/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Beatles, Captain Beefheart, Dalai Lama, December 17, George Harrison, Goa, Goldfinger, Graf Spee, Hahn, Harold Holt, Harrod's, history, Ian Huntley, Jeddah, Jose Mourinho, Mary Bell, Project Blue Book, Rommel, Wright Brothers

546: The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison. 1398: Turkic conqueror Tamerlane captures and sacks

1903: The first aircraft flght by the Wright Brothers (Wilbur standing – Orville piloting)

It happened today – this day in history – December 17

17/12/201916/12/2019 Mick Ferris Bradman, December 17, Graf Spee, Harrison, history, Holt, Sebastopol, Wright

546: The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison. 1398: Turkick conqueror Tamerlane captures and sacks