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1854: Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, Crimea by William Simpson

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It happened today – this day in history – October 25

25/10/202124/10/2021 YA Reporter Abebe Bikila, Agincourt, Austria, Battle of Balaclava, Brahms, Cassini, Charge of the Light Brigade, Cliff Richard, George II, George III, Greneda, Henry V, Johnny Cash, news, October 25, Second World War, Steinbeck, Surtees, Tchaikovsky, Today in history, Transvaal

1400: Author and poet Geoffrey Chaucer dies aged 54. 1415: Henry V’s forces defeat the larger French army at the

1978: Ricky Villa (left) and Ossie Ardiles with Spurs manager Keith Burkinshaw

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It happened today – this day in history – July 10

10/07/202109/07/2021 YA Reporter Alexandra Palace, Bahamas, Battle of Britain, Beatles, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Boris Yeltsin, Cher, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard, Cream, Darroch, Dublin, Franklin D Roosevelt, George II, Greenland, Greenpeace, Hadrian, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Howard Hughes, John Paul Getty III, Josie Russell, Julius Ceasar, July 10, Lady Godiva, Lady Jane Grey, Louise Woodward, Martin Luther King, Millard Fillmour, news, News of the World, Oliver Cromwell, Ossie Ardiles, Parking meters, Richard of York, Ricky Villa, Rimbaud, Sicily, Today in history, Tottenham Hotspur, War of the Roses, William of Orange, William Whitelaw, Wyoming

48BC: Julius Ceasar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania).

1957: Cigarette smoking is linked to lung cancer

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It happened today – this day in history – June 27

27/06/202126/06/2021 YA Reporter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bader-Meinhof Gang, Cabrillo, cancer, Euro 84, Flora MacDonald, George II, Glastonbury, Gordon Brown, Guatemala, Harry Truman, James Wolfe, John Bonham, John Entwhistle, John F Kennedy, June 27, Louis XVI, Merlyn Rees, Mick Jagger, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, news, Nicaragua, Peter the Great, Potemkin, Radiohead, Ryder Cup, Salman Rushdie, smoking, Today in history, Watergate, World Cup

1462: Louis XII is born in Château de Blois, France. 1550: Charles IX is born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. 1542: Conquistador

1909: Robert Peary

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It happened today – this day in history – April 6

06/04/202106/04/2021 YA Reporter April 6, Beach Boys, Beatles, Ceasar, Eurovision, George II, Grand National, Maradona, news, Peary, Raphael, Richard I, Rwanda, 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

1931 Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in Cimarron

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It happened today – this day in history – November 10

10/11/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Berlin Wall, Cimarron, George II, history, Kaiser Wilhelm, Leonid Brezhnev, Louise Woodward, Marvin Hagler, Michael Foot, November 10, Walt Disney

1483: Birth of Martin Luther in Saxony. 1683: Birth of future King George II of Gt Britain and Ireland in

1923: First aerial refueling over the skies of Rockwell Field, California

It happened today – this day in history – June 27

27/06/202021/06/2021 Mick Ferris Entebbe, George II, Glastonbury, history, June 27, Led Zeppelin, Mick Jagger, Muhammed Ali, Nixon, Potemkin, Radiohead, Ryder Cup, Tyson

1462: Louis XII is born in Château de Blois, France. 1550: Charles IX is born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. 1542: Conquistador