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2006: Australian naturalist Steve Irwin is killed

It happened today – this day in history – September 4

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1571: Catholic rebellion in Scotland. 1682: Astronomer Edmond Halley observes the comet named after him. 1824: Birth of composer Anton

1932: Amelia Earhart

It happened today – this day in history – August 24

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79: Mt Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing 15,000. 410: Rome is overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for

1967: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

It happened today – this day in history – June 1

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193: Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. 1215: Beijing is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan. 1495: First written

1977: The Sex Pistols

It happened today – this day in history – March 10

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241BC: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. 37AD: Death of Roman Emperor

2007: HM The Queen

It happened today – this day in history – December 20

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1192: Richard The Lionheart is captured in Vienna. 1688: William of Orange’s troops arrive in London. 1699: Tsar Peter The

1969: Paul McCartney

It happened today – this day in history – October 22

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1383: Civil war breaks out in Portugal after King Fernando dies without a male heir. 1721: Tsar Peter The Great

1961: Le Bateau by Matisse

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

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1346: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III’s troops at the Battle of Neville’s Cross at Calais