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1985: The National Union of Miners, led by Arthur Scargill, ends its 51-week national strike

It happened today – this day on history – March 3

03/03/202002/03/2020 Mick Ferris Bannister, Bethnal Green, Bosnia, Camilla, Dillinger, Elvis, Gandhi, Gates, Gladstone, Herge, history, Kaiser, March 3, Rodney King, Tuam

1409: The Austrian civil war ends. 1794: First performance of Joseph Haydn’s 101st Symphony in D. 1815: The US declares

1983: Karen Carpenter

It happened today – this day in history – February 4

04/02/202004/02/2020 Mick Ferris Arafat, Carpenter, Facebook, February 4, Gates, Harvey, history, Liberace, Rolls Royce, Sri Lanka, Yalta

211: Roman Emperor Septimus Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and

1953: Hank Williams

It happened today – this day in history – January 1

01/01/202031/12/2019 Mick Ferris Beatles, coal, Connors, Gates, history, January 1, Korner, railways, Top of the Pops, USSR, West, Williams

1651: Charles II is crowned king of Scotland. 1660: First entry in Samuel Pepys’ diary. On the same day, Thomas

1918: The Armistice ends the First World War

It happened today – this day in history – November 11

11/11/201911/11/2019 Mick Ferris Armistice, Cenotaph, Gates, history, Morrison, Ned Kelly, November 11, Oakley

1640: Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, is impeached by the House of Lords on the evidence of John Pym and