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1895: Oscar Wilde

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It happened today – this day in history – May 25

25/05/202224/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Belfast, Cassius Clay, Celtic, Charles II, Falklands, First World War, Ford, George Floyd, Gilbert and Sullivan, Goofy, Gorbachev, Jesse Owens, John F Kennedy, Jordan, Liverpool, Manchester United, Martin Luther, May 25, Mount Everest, news, Oscar Wilde, Paris Opera, Richard Cromwell, Second World War, Shanghai, Skylab, Spanish Civil War, Star Wars, Sudan, Syria, Today in history, Ypres

1521: The Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther and his followers. 1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England,

1895: Sir Henry Irving

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It happened today – this day in history – May 24

24/05/202223/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments 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

2019: Richard Ashcroft

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It happened today – this day in history – May 23

23/05/202222/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments AC Milan, Aurora 7, Bonnie and Clyde, Captain William Kidd, Catherine of Aragon, First World War, George Harrison, Good Friday Agreement, Joan of Arc, Mao Zedong, May 23, Monty Python's Flying Circus, news, Pulp Fiction, Richard Ashcroft, Second World War, Simon Bolivar, Today in history, West Germany, Whipsnade Zoo

1430: Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne and sold to the English. 1533: Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of

2011: Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock

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It happened today – this day in history – May 22

22/05/202222/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Abraham Lincoln, AC Milan, Adam Ant, Alexander the Great, Apollo 10, Belfast, Blackwall Tunnel, Copernicus, Derry, Elvis Presley, First World War, HMS Beagle, Jerry Lee Lewis, Klu Klux Klan, Lee Rigby, Manchester Arena, May 22, Mendelssohn, Microsoft, news, Nixon, Orient Express, Saladin, Second World War, Sherlock, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Wars of the Roses, Yorkshire Ripper, Zuckerberg

334BC: The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia at the Battle of the Granicus. 1176:

1953: Jacqueline Cochran

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It happened today – this day in history – May 18

18/05/202217/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Apollo 10, Bobby Moore, Brezhnev, Chris Cornell, Dracula, Eleanor of Aquitaine, First World War, Gaza, Helen Sharman, Henry II, Ian Curtis, India, Italy, Jacqueline Cochran, Lennon, Manchester City, May 18, Microssoft, mods, Montreal, Mount St Helens, Napoleon, news, Omar Khayam, Pink Floyd, Real Madrid, rockers, Second World War, Today in history, Trump, Tsar Nicholas II

1048: Birth of Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher Omar Khayam. 1152: Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the

1937: Coronation of George VI

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It happened today – this day in history – May 12

12/05/202211/05/2022 YA Reporter Armenia, Bayern Munich, blitzkrieg, Bob Dylan, Bormann, Chechnya, cricket, Dagenham, Easter Rising, FA Cup, First World War, George VI, King John, Kirgizistan, Lindbergh, Manitoba, May 12, Napoleon, news, Richard I, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Shostakovich, Stansted, Today in history, Uzbekistan, William Wilberforce, Wilson Pickett

1191: Richard I (the Lionheart) marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus. 1215: English barons serve an ultimatum on King John

1915: A German zeppelin bombs Southend

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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: Gen Alfred Jodl signs the German surrender

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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

1956: Gene Vincent

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It happened today – this day in history – May 4

04/05/202203/05/2022 YA Reporter AC Torino, Al Capone, Daily Mail, Duke of Edinburgh, Edison, Edward IV, Epsom Derby, FA Cup, Falklands, First World War, Gene Vincent, Handel, HArper Lee, HMS Sheffield, Kent State, Latvia, Mary Hopkin, May 4, NASA, Natal, news, Ohio, Olympics, Panama Canal, Second World War, Shilton, SNP, Stuart Bingham, Thatcher, Today in history

1471: The Battle of Tewkesbury, the final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of

1993: Bishopsgate

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It happened today – this day in history – April 24

24/04/202223/04/2022 YA Reporter April 24, Baader-Meinhof, Beatles, Biden, Bishopsgate, Churchill, Discovery, Dominican Republic, Easter Rising, First World War, Gambia, Haydn, Mau Mau, Mt Vesuvius, news, Paul McCartney, Second World War, Shackleton, Today in history, Truman, Ukraine, West Bank, Yrpes

1731: Death of novelist Daniel Defoe. 1801: First performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “Die Jahreszeiten”. 1872: Mt Vesuvius erupts in

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