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1868: Benjamin Disraeli

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It happened today – this day in history – December 2

02/12/202026/11/2021 Mick Ferris Benelux, Biko, Castro, Cortes, December 2, Disraeli, Escobar, Fermi, history, Joe McCarthy, Kruger, Leeson, Napoleon, Netanyahu, Wren

1547: Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who defeated the Aztec Empire and colonized large parts of Mexico, dies of pleurisy. 1697:

1934: Public Enemy No 1 John Dillinger

It happened today – this day in history – July 22

22/07/202021/07/2020 Mick Ferris Aretha, Dahmer, Dillinger, Duke of Wellington, Escobar, history, Jagger, Jean Charles de Menezes, July 22, Lennon, Qusay, Uday

1099: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem during the

2005: Pink Floyd at Live 8

It happened today – this day in history – July 2

02/07/202027/06/2021 Mick Ferris Beatles, Butch Cassidy, Elvis, Escobar, Fossett, Garfield, Hemingway, Hendrix, history, James II, July 2, Lennon, Nostradamus, Sibelius

1566: Death of astrologist Nostradamus (Michel de Nostre-Dam) aged 62 (wonder if he saw that one coming). 1578: Martin Frobisher

1999: Prince Edward, Duke of Wessex

It happened today – this day in history – June 19

19/06/202018/06/2020 Mick Ferris Calvi, Escobar, Garfield, Giancana, history, Holyfield, June 19, King, McCartney, McKinley, Prince Edward, Roosevelt, Rosenberg, Windsor, Winehouse, World Cup

987: Louis IV is crowned king of France. 1306: The Earl of Pembroke’s army defeats Robert Bruce’s Scottish army at

2008: Cristiano Ronaldo

It happened today – this day in history – December 2

02/12/201901/12/2019 Mick Ferris Achille Lauro, December 2, Disraeli, Escobar, Gallagher, history, Kissinger, Ringo, Ronaldo, Yamamoto

1697: St Paul’s Cathedral, designed by Christopher Wren after the previous one was destroyed in the Great Fire of London,