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1963: Lee Harvey Oswald is shot by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas Police HQ

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It happened today – this day in history – November 24

24/11/202123/11/2021 YA Reporter Abel Tasman, Apollo 12, Beatles, Brezhnev, Darwin, Freddie Mercury, Gerald Ford, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mt Vesuvius, news, November 24, Oliver Cromwell, River Thames, Second World War, Today in history

1434: The River Thames freezes over in London. 1542: The English beat Scottish King James V at the Battle of

1869: The Cutty Sark is launched

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It happened today – this day in history – November 23

23/11/202122/11/2021 YA Reporter Anita Pallenburg, AstraZeneca, Charlemagne, Cutty Sark, Doctor Who, Freddie Mercury, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lewis Hamilton, news, November 23, Oxford Circus, Perkin Warbeck, Second World War, Today in history, Vladimir Kuts

800: Charlemagne arrives in Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III. 1499: Flemish pretender to the English

1881: President James Garfield (left) and assassin Charles Guiteau

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It happened today – this day in history – July 2

02/07/202101/07/2021 YA Reporter alligator, Amelia Earhart, Andrés Escobar, Axl Rose, Billie Jean King, Butch Cassidy, Cilla Black, Drobny, Elvis Presley, Fidel Castro, Fred Noonan, Freddie Mercury, Gromyko, Hemingway, Jack Dempsey, James Garfield, James II, Jimi Hendrix, July 2, King John, Lenin, Live8, Lyndon B Johnson, Marston Moor, news, Noel Coward, Nostradamus, Pink Floyd, Sarkozy, Sibelius, Steve Fossett, Sundance Kid, Today in history, Ursula von der Leyen

1214: The Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers), part of King John of England’s attempt to reclaim Normandy from France. 1566:

1958: Mao Zedong

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It happened today – this day in history – May 23

23/05/202122/05/2021 YA Reporter Abbeystead, AC Milan, Benjamin Franklin, Bonnie and Clyde, Captain Kidd, Catherine of Aragon, Freddie Mercury, George Harrison, Henry VIII, Himmler, Joan of Arc, Joe Louis, Led Zeppelin, Mao Zedong, May 23, Monty Python's Flying Circus, news, Noel Gallagher, Richard Ashcroft, Simon Bolivar, Today in history, Tony Blair

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

2014: Clashes in Kiev

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 18

18/02/202117/02/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Brian Wilson, Churchill, David Gilmour, Duke of Clarence, February 18, Freddie Mercury, Henry Tudor, Hernan Cortes, Hugh Gaitskell, hunting, Khartoum, Kiev, Kublai Khan, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Queen of Scots, McCarthy, Napoleon, Pluto, Today in history, Winter Olympics

1294: Death of Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan. 1478: George, Duke of Clarence, is convicted of treason against his older brother

1963: Jack Ruby (bottom right) points his gun at Lee Harvey Oswald

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It happened today – this day in history – November 24

24/11/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Apollo 12, Beatles, Bristol, Darwin, Freddie Mercury, Gerald Ford, history, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leonid Brezhnev, Luftwaffe, Mnangagwa, Mussolini, November 24, Oliver Cromwell, River Thames, Tasmania

1434: The River Thames freezes over in London. 1542: The English beat Scottish King James V at the Battle of

1963: Doctor Who begins on BBC TV

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It happened today – this day in history – November 23

23/11/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Anita Pallenburg, Charlemagne, Doctor Who, Freddie Mercury, history, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kuts, Manny Pacquaio, November 23, Oxford Circus, Perkin Warbeck, Poon Lim, Robinho, Shevardnadze

800: Charlemagne arrives in Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III. 1499: Flemish pretender to the English

1991: Steve Marriott. Photo by Dina Regine

It happened today – this day in history – April 20

20/04/202019/04/2020 Mick Ferris Apollo 16, April 20, Avicii, Columbine, Curie, Deepwater Horizon, Enoch Powell, Freddie Mercury, Handel, history, Napoleon, Pasteur, Steve Marriott

1611: First known performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” at the Globe Theatre, London. 1657: Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: The

1990: Freddie Mercury

It happened today – this day in history – February 18

18/02/202018/02/2020 Mick Ferris Brian Wilson, Churchill, February 18, Freddie Mercury, Gilmour, history, Mary, Michelangelo, Pluto, Pratchett, Twain

1294: Death of Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan. 1503: Henry Tudor (later Henry VIII) is made Prince of Wales. 1516: Birth