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2012: The Olympic Games open in London

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It happened today – this day in history – July 27

27/07/202126/07/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Atlanta, Bank of England, Bezos, Bugs Bunny, Edward Heath, Gooch, insulin, Jim Laker, July 27, King John, Lennon, news, Nixon, Olympics, Queen Anne, Robespierre, Shearer, Today in history, Vincent van Gogh, Walter Raleigh

1214: King John of England loses Normandy and his other possessions in France to Philip II of France (hence his

1970: Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister as the Tories win the general election

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It happened today – this day in history – June 18

18/06/202117/06/2021 YA Reporter Aids, Amelia Earhart, Atlantic City, Charles de Gaulle, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Edward Heath, Eqypt, General Election, Jimmy Carter, Joe Louis, Johnny Rotten, June 18, Lennon, Leonid Brezhnev, Lord Haw Haw, Lurgan, Napoleon, news, Sally Ride, Sex Pistols, Staines, Ted Kaczynski, Tim Peake, Today in history, Waterloo, Yeltsin

1264: The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in Co Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.

2005: Ellen MacArthur

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It happened today – this day in history – February 7

07/02/202107/02/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Bert Hinkler, Bing Crosby, Bruce McCandless, Charlie Chaplin, Edward Heath, Ellen McArthur, EU, February 7, George Harrison, Gibraltar, Haiti, Lord Byron, Maastricht Treaty, Natal, Today in history, Winter Olympics

1238: The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. 1301: Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes the first English

1964: Comedian Lenny Bruce is convicted of obscenity

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It happened today – on this day in history – December 22

22/12/202028/01/2021 YA Reporter Abbey Road, Beethoven, Bernhard Goetz, Brandenberg Gate, Ceaucescu, Churchill, December 22, Denis Law, Dostoyevsky, Edward Heath, Galtieri, history, Lech Walesa, Lenny Bruce, Nikki Sixx, Richard Dimbleby, Richard Reid, The Who

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

1907: Henri Farman crosses the line to win the Grand Prix d'Aviation

It happened today – this day in history – October 7

07/10/202007/10/2020 Mick Ferris Christopher Columbus, Edith Cavell, Edward Heath, Fox News, Ginsberg, Henri Farman, history, Jackie Stewart, Jodie Whittaker, Jody Scheckter, John Lennon, October 7, Ramsay MacDonald, Ras Tafari Makonnen, Rommel, Schwarzenegger, Southend Pier

1492: Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course. 1542: Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers Catalina Island off the coast

1914: French forces at the First Battle of the Marne

It happened today – this day in history – September 6

06/09/202005/09/2020 Mick Ferris Beatles, Catalonia, Charles II, Cilla Black, Columbus, Dempsey, Edward Heath, Eric Clapton, Farnborough, George Harrison, Great Fire Of London, history, Marne, Mayflower, McKinley, Mozart, Mugabe, Munich, Navratilova, Olympics, Pavarotti, Princess Diana, Queen Victoria, September 6, Verwoerd, William III

1492: Christopher Columbus’ fleet leaves Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. 1620: The Mayflower departs Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims and

1979: Led Zeppelin at Knebworth

It happened today – this day in history – August 11

11/08/202010/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 11, Beatles, Cambodia, Churchill, Edward Heath, Edward VII, history, Jackson Pollack, Knebworth, Krays, Led Zeppelin, Lennon, Madonna, Olympics, Robin Williams

1492: Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI. 1597: Germany throws out English sales people. 1786: Captain Francis Light establishes

1953: Signing of the armistice which ended the active fighting phase of the Korean War

It happened today – this day in history – July 27

27/07/202026/07/2020 Mick Ferris Bezos, Bugs Bunny, Edward Heath, history, July 27, King John, Korean War, Mafia, Martin Luther King, Michael Jackson, Nixon, Olympics, Orville Wright, Raleigh, Vietnam

1214: King John of England loses Normandy and his other possessions in France to Philip II of France (hence his

2016: British astronaut Tim Peake returns to Earth

It happened today – this day in history – June 18

18/06/202017/06/2020 Mick Ferris BBC, David Tennant, de Gaulle, Doctor Who, Earhart, Edward Heath, Egypt, history, Joe Louis, June 18, Lennon, Peake, Sex Pistols

1264: The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in Co Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.