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1983: Margaret Thatcher

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It happened today – this day in history – June 9

09/06/202108/06/2021 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alexandra Palace, Bob Dylan, Churchill, Dickens, Donald Duck, Edward Snowden, Edward VII, Gatwick, Hong Kong, House of Commons, Jacques Cartier, June 9, Lidice, Louis XIV, Nero, news, Richard Pryor, Rik Mayall, Springsteen, Thomas Sutherland, Today in history

68AD: Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by

1945: Red Army soldiers raise the Soviet Union flag on the roof of the Reichstag building in Berlin

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It happened today – this day in history – April 30

30/04/202130/04/2021 YA Reporter Akihito, April 30, Capt Tom Moore, Casey Jones, Celine Dion, Columbus, Debussy, Dickens, Eurovision, FA Cup, George Washington, Henry VIII, Imola, Keith Moon, Louisiana, Manet, Michael Jackson, news, Reichstag, Richard Nixon, Saigon, Sajid Javid, Seles, Shilton, Soho, Spandau Ballet, Tim Berners-Lee, Today in history, Wilko Johnson

1492: Christopher Columbus is given royal commission by Spanish monarchs Isabella I and Ferdinand II to equip his fleet to

1924: Rolls Royce Silver Ghost

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

19/12/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris A Chocolate Orange, BBC, Carl Perkins, December 19, Dickens, Eisenhower, Elvis Presley, Henry II, history, Idi Amin, Indochina, Kitchener, Kubrick, Mick Jagger, Penlee lifeboat, Rio Ferdinand, Rolls Royce, William Hague, William Pitt the Younger, Yeltsin

1154: Henry II is crowned King of England. 1642: Four of explorer Abel Rasman’s crew are killed at Wharewharangi Bay

1934: Donald Duck

It happened today – this day in history – June 9

09/06/202002/06/2021 Mick Ferris Alexandra Palace, Churchill, Dickens, Donald Duck, Edward Snowden, history, Hong Kong, June 9, Liam Gallagher, Pryor, Rik Mayall, Thatcher

68AD: Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by