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1895: Sir Henry Irving

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It happened today – this day in history – May 24

24/05/202223/05/2022 YA Reporter Alexandra Palace, Amy Johnson, Apocalypse Now, Britten, Charles de Gaulle, Charles II, Dartmoor Prison, Eritrea, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, Henry Irving, Iceland, John Wesley, Malcolm IV, Manchester United, May 24, Muhammad Ali, news, North Korea, Paul McCartney, Rangers, Real Madrid, Samuel Morse, Second World War, Section 28, Sonia Sutcliffe, Stanley Baldwin, Thatcher, Today in history, Westminster Bridge

15BC: Birth of Julius Caesar Germanicus. 1153: Malcolm IV becomes King of Scots. 1543: Death of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus aged

1873: Levi Strauss

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 20

20/05/202219/05/2022 YA Reporter Beatles, Bobby Moore, Charles Lindbergh, Chelsea, Chiang Kai-shek, Edward VII, Elton John, Eurovision Song Contest, news, Real Madrid, Rolling Stones, Saudi Arabia, Second World War, Shakespeare, Today in history, Treaty of Paris, Vasco da Gama, York Minster

1293: An earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, killing 30,000. 1303: The Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to the English and arranges

1915: A German zeppelin bombs Southend

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 10

10/05/202209/05/2022 YA Reporter Addington, Benjamin Franklin, Beyond The Fringe, Bruce Lee, Churchill, Columbus, Duma, Edward I, European Cup, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, George W Bush, Hess, Imelda Marcos, Indian Mutiny, J Edgar Hoover, Jacques Cartier, Jamaica, Jefferson Davis, Keith Richards, Louis XVI, Mandela, May 10, Napoleon, news, Portugal, Red Cross, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Sinn Féin, Today in history, Trump, Vietnam, William Pitt the Younger, zeppelin

1291: Scottish nobles recognize the authority of English King Edward I. 1503: Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands. 1534: French

1945: Norwegian prime minister and Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling is arrested

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 9

09/05/202208/05/2022 YA Reporter Aldo Moro, Andrew Johnson, Beatles, Bruckner, Canberra, Columbus, Eurovision Song Contest, Kadyrov, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lincoln Cathedral, Louis XV, Masefield, May 9, Moyes, NATO, news, Nigeria, Second World War, Today in history, Trump, Turing, Victoria Embankment, William III

1092: Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated. 1502: Christopher Columbus leaves Spain on his fourth and final trip to the New World.

1945: Gen Alfred Jodl signs the German surrender

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 7

07/05/202206/05/2022 YA Reporter Alfred Jodl, Alfred Nobel, Beethoven, Chirac, dynamite, Elton John, European Cup, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, Glenn Miller, Greece, Hagia Sophia, HMS Victory, Joan of Arc, Leonid Brezhnev, Louis XIV, Maastricht, May 7, NATO, New Orleans, news, Old Trafford, Otto von Bismarck, Pope John Paul II, Putin, RMS Lusitania, Second World War, South Africa, Theatre Royal, Today in history

558: The dome of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul collapses. 1429: The siege of Orleans is broken by Joan of

1972: Les Harvey

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 3

03/05/202202/05/2022 YA Reporter Afghanistan, American Civil War, Cambodia, Easter Rising, Eurovision Song Contest, Festival of Britain, Francis Bacon, general strike, Hendry, Les Harvey, Madeleine McCann, Margaret Mitchell, May 3, McCartney, McCrae, news, San Francisco, Second World War, Today in history, Washington DC

1621: Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon is accused of bribery. 1758: Death of Pope Benedict XIV aged 83. 1802: Washington D.C.

1934: L-r: Melvin Purvis and John Dillinger

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It happened today – this day in history – April 22

22/04/202221/04/2022 YA Reporter April 22, Bastille, Cabral, Charles II, Dillinger, Elvis Presley, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, Francois I, Hitler Diaries, Jalalabad, London Marathon, Madame du Barry, Margot Fonteyn, McKinley, Moyes, Napoleon, news, Papa Doc, Purvis, Richard Cromwell, Second World War, Tchaikovsky, Today in history, Ypres

1370: Building begins on the Bastille in Paris. 1500: Pedro Alvares Cabral is the first European to discover Brazil and

1983: David Copperfield

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It happened today – this day in history – April 8

08/04/202207/04/2022 YA Reporter Alan Shearer, April 8, Asquith, Bartok, Bhopal, Caracalla, Catherine the Great, Clint Eastwood, David Copperfield, Entente Cordiale, Eurovision Song Contest, Gladstone, Grand National, Kenyatta, Kurt Cobain, Martin Bell, Mozart, news, Second World War, Today in history, Venus de Milo

217AD: Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. 1455: Alfonso de Borgia is elected Pope Callistus III. 1759: British troops chase the

1974: Deep Purple's Richie Blackmore plays to a crowd of 250,000 at the California Jam

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – April 6

06/04/202205/04/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, April 6, Bavaria, Beach Boys, Beatles, California Jam, COVID-19, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, George II, Grand National, Julius Ceasar, Maradona, Martin Luther King, news, Peary, Pink Floyd, Raphael, Richard I, Rolling Stones, RUC, Rwanda, Second World War, Today in history, William Pitt the Elder, Wordsworth

46BC: Julius Ceasar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus. 1199: Death of Richard

1958: Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato, and Cheryl Crane

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – April 4

04/04/202203/04/2022 YA Reporter April 4, Beatles, Beyonce, Bezos, Bill Wyman, Charlton Heston, Cheryl Crane, Commonwealth Games, Eurovision Song Contest, Grand National, Greenham Common, Martin Luther King, Microsoft, Napoleon, news, Orkney Islands, Second World War, Senegal, Sir Francis Drake, Today in history, Tsar Alexander II

1406: Death of Robert III, King of Scots. 1558: Ivan the Terrible gives parts of north Russia to fur traders.

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