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It happened today – this day in history – January 19

19/01/202218/01/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Beatles, Charles Manson, China, Duke of Wellington, Edison, El Chapo, First World War, Fleetwood Mac, Glencoe, Goethe, Henry V, Ibsen, Indira Gandhi, Jacobites, January 19, Johannesburg, Juncker, Klaus Barbie, Louis XIV, NASA, news, Scrabble, Today in history, Verdi, Yasser Arafat, zeppelin

1419: Rouen surrenders to Henry V in the Hundred Years’ War. 1547: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is executed in

1974: Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac

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It happened today – this day in history – December 31

31/12/202130/12/2021 YA Reporter BBC, Boris Yeltsin, Cambodia, Castro, Commodus, December 31, Donald Campbell, Edison, Evel Knievel, Fleetwood Mac, Gilbert and Sullivan, Hefner, Katanga, Mahler, Marie Curie, Microsoft, Monopoly, news, Ottawa, Paul McCartney, Second World War, Senegal, Ted Bundy, Today in history, window tax

192: Roman emperor Commodus survives a poisoning attempt by his mistress only to be strangled in the bath. 1491: French

1955: Aldous Huxley takes LSD

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It happened today – this day in history – December 24

24/12/202123/12/2021 YA Reporter Albania, Aldous Huxley, Ariane 1, BBC, Captain James Cook, December 24, Edison, Eta, First World War, George Best, George Weah, Hagia Sophia, Jack White, John Stonehouse, Laos, Liberia, Libya, Luna 13, Napoleon, news, Rick Parfitt, Second World War, Silent Night, Thomas Wolsey, Today in history, Verdi

563: The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes. 1167:

1964: Lenny Bruce

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It happened today – this day in history – December 22

22/12/202121/12/2021 YA Reporter Abbey Road, Beethoven, Bernhard Goetz, Brandenberg Gate, Churchill, Debussy, December 22, Denis Law, Dostoyevsky, Edison, Edward Heath, Fred Astaire, Galtieri, Lech Walesa, Lenny Bruce, Managua, news, North Korea, Richard Reid, Saint-Saëns, Second World War, Suez crisis, Today in history, Zidane

1688: James II supporter the Earl of Danby occupies York. 1689: An earthquake strikes Innsbruck, Austria. 1790: The supposedly impenetrable

1969: The Rolling Stones at Altamont (Photo: Gimme Shelter)

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It happened today – this day in history – December 6

06/12/202105/12/2021 YA Reporter Balcombe Street seige, Beatles, Calvin Coolidge, David Cameron, December 6, Dylan, Edison, Encyclopedia Brittanica, First World War, Gerald Ford, Henry VI, Jacobites, Mandela, Mongols, NASA, news, Northern Ireland, Quito, Rolling Stones, Schumann, Second World War, Sid Vicious, taxicabs, Today in history, Trump

343: Greek Bishop St Nicholas, model for the modern day Father Christmas, dies aged 73. 1240: Mongols under Batu Khan

2001: George Harrison

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It happened today – this day in history – November 29

29/11/202128/11/2021 YA Reporter Aden, Albania, Beatles, Cardinal Wolsey, Edison, Fishmongers Hall, George Harrison, Graham Hill, Jacobites, Kitchener, Montenegro, Napoleon, Natalie Wood, news, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Palestine, Sand Creek Massacre, Schrödinger, Second World War, Sex Pistols, Today in history, Warren Commission

1530: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, advisor to Henry VIII, dies just before facing trial for treason. 1643: Composer Claudio Monteverdi dies

1966: George Blake

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It happened today – this day in history – October 22

22/10/202121/10/2021 YA Reporter American Civil War, Apollo 7, Crippen, Cuban Missile Crisis, Cumberland Gap, Duke of Wellington, Edison, Goldman Sachs, Gordon Banks, Houdini, Laos, Metropolitan Opera House, news, October 22, Offenbach, Peter the Great, Pope John Paul II, Sam Houston, Today in history, Venera 9

362: The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire. 1383: A two-year period

2000: Zach de la Rocha

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It happened today – this day in history – October 18

18/10/202117/10/2021 YA Reporter Aaron Copeland, Al Capone, Al Green, Alaska, Alec Douglas Home, Andreas Baader, BBC, Beatles, Bob Beamon, Congo Free State, Czechoslovakia, E M Forster, Edison, Elvis Presley, Erich Honecker, First Balkan War, Jenson Button, Lennon, Listz, Louis XIV, Mahler, NASA, news, October 18, Olympics, Paul McCartney, Ronettes, Second Opium War, Second World War, Stanley Matthews, Today in history

1009: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks

2018: Canada legalises cannabis

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It happened today – this day in history – October 17

17/10/202116/10/2021 YA Reporter American Revolutionary War, Beatles, Bessemer, Brexit, cannabis, Charles II, Crimean War, Edison, Edward III, Einstein, First World War, Hatfield train crash, Jacinda Ardern, Listz, Marconi, Matisse, Mendelssohn, Mogadishu, Mother Teresa, news, Northern Ireland, October 17, Olympics, OPEC, Pompeii, Second World War, Sevastopol, The Queen, Today in history, Torquemada, Vesuvius, Yugoslavia

79: Mt. Vesuvius erupts, burying the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing thousands. 1346: King David II of

1886: Apache chief Geronimo

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It happened today – this day in history – September 4

04/09/202103/09/2021 YA Reporter Allende, American Civil War, Beatles, Beatrix Potter, Brabham, Chelsea, Cologne, Cuba, Dalai Lama, Edison, Fela Kuti, First World War, Forth Bridge, Franco, George Best, Geronimo, Google, Halley, Harry Truman, Hendrix, Hong Kong, Makarova, news, Olympics, Second World War, September 4, Sheffield Wednesday, Spanish Civil War, Spitz, Steve Irwin, Today in history, Wolfenden Report

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

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