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1899: Harry Vardon

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It happened today – this day in history – June 8

08/06/202209/06/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, Attila, Borg, Comey, Falklands, First World War, George Michael, Harry Vardon, Henry IV, Horatio Nelson, James Earl Ray, Jonathan Aitken, June 8, Laki, news, Richard I, Rick Wakeman, Robert Jenkinson, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Sepp Blatter, Serena Williams, Stephen Ward, Tennessee, Thailand, Today in history, Trump, Vietnam, Vikings, Waldheim, washing machine

452: Attila the Hun invades Italy. 793: Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert’s monastery on Lindisfarne

2001: John Prescott

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It happened today – this day in history – May 16

16/05/202215/05/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, AC Milan, Academy Awards, Andrew Johnson, Asahara, Dambusters, Edgar Allen Poe, Eliot Ness, FA Cup, Florence, George Michael, Gorbachev, Gordon Cooper, Israel, Joan of Arc, John Prescott, Keith Richards, Laker, Marie Antoinette, Mary Queen of Scots, May 16, Muhammad Ali, news, Pact of Cartegena, Rocky Marciano, Ronan Point, Sadio Mané, Second World War, Sir Thomas More, Today in history, Trump

1527: Florence becomes a republic. 1532: Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor. 1568: Mary, Queen of Scots flees to

1931: Peter Lorre in Fritz Lang's M

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It happened today – this day in history – May 11

11/05/202210/05/2022 YA Reporter Ballymurphy, Bob Marley, Bradford City, Byzantium, Cruyff, David Cameron, Eichmann, Elton John, Fritz Lang, George Michael, Greville Wynne, Israel, Knights Templar, Lennon, Louis b Mayer, May 11, Monty Python's Flying Circus, news, Peter Lorre, Real Madrid, Spencer Percival, Thailand, Today in history, waltz

330: Byzantium becomes the capital of the Roman Empire. 1310: 54 Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France

1921: Sun Yat-sen

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It happened today – this day in history – April 7

07/04/202206/04/2022 YA Reporter April 7, Bach, Baghdad, Beatles, Beethoven, Belfast, Deng Xiaoping, Dick Turpin, George Michael, Hansie Cronje, Jack Nicklaus, Jim Clark, Jimmy Carter, John Wayne, Keith Richards, Maggie Smith, matches, Mick Jagger, Mt Vesuvius, Mussolini, news, Olympics, Second World War, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sun Yat-Sen, Today in history, Trump, Wham!, World Health Organisation

1724: Bach’s “St John Passion” premieres in Leipzig. 1739: Highwayman Dick Turpin is executed for horse theft. 1770: Birth of

1957: Lonnie Donegan (centre) with presenters Pete Murray and jo Douglas on BBC TV's Six-Five Special

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It happened today – this day in history – February 16

16/02/202215/02/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Beeching, Bodyline, Charles I, Churchill, Clive Ponting, Earl of Shaftesbury, English Civil War, February 16, Fidel Castro, First World War, George Michael, Haile Selassie, Joe Frazier, Kosovo, Kyoto Protocol, Liszt, Lithuania, news, Second World War, Six Five Special, Spencer Compton, Today in history, Tutankhamun, Winter Olympics

600: Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying “God bless You” is the correct response to a sneeze. 1641: Charles I

Concert Leisure

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15/01/202215/01/2022 Mick Ferris Cliffs Pavilion, Fastlove, George Michael, leisure

Fastlove – the show that promises to get the “boom-boom-boom-boom back into your heart” – is coming to the Cliffs

1952: Charlie Chaplin

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It happened today – this day in history – September 19

19/09/202118/09/2021 YA Reporter Adrian Moorehouse, Bangkok, Betty and Barney Hill, Blackpool, Bobby Robson, Bombay plague, Bruno Hauptmann, Charlie Chaplin, Cliff Richard, Colwich Junction, Fawlty Towers, George Michael, George Washington, Glastonbury, Goodfellas, Gram Parsons, Hundred Years War, James Garfield, Juan Peron, Khrushchev, Mahler, news, Olympics, Second World War, September 19, Simon and Garfunkel, Solzhenitsyn, Southall, Today in history

1356: English forces under Edward The Black Prince defeat the French at the Battle of Poitiers and capture the French

1958: Cliff Richard appears on Oh Boy

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It happened today – this day in history – September 13

13/09/202112/09/2021 YA Reporter Arafat, Beatles, Cliff Richard, Elton John, Faraday, Felicity Huffman, George Michael, Hadrian's Wall, Iain Duncan Smith, Lennon, Lindy Chamberlain, Michelangelo, news, Nintendo, rabin, RMS Lusitania, Second World War, September 13, Stalingrad, Stravinsky, Today in history, Treaty of Worms, Tupac Shakur, Velcro, Vorster

122AD: Building begins on Hadrian’s Wall. 1503: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David. 1574: The Turkish fleet recaptures

1974: Rick Wakeman quits Yes

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It happened today – this day in history – June 8

08/06/202107/06/2021 YA Reporter Aitken, Attila, Bjorn Borg, Black Prince, Brian Jones, Christine Keeler, Cochise, Falklands, George Michael, Henry IV, HMS Galahad, James Comey, James Earl Ray, June 8, Laki, Lindisfarne, Louis XVII, Nelson, news, Richard I, Rick Wakeman, Sepp Blatter, Stephen Ward, Tennessee, Thailand, Theresa May, Today in history, Verdun, Vietnam, Vikings

452: Attila the Hun invades Italy. 793: Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert’s monastery on Lindisfarne

1968: Ronan Point

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It happened today – this day in history – May 16

16/05/202115/05/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Academy Awards, Alex Almond, Andrew Johnson, Bill Gates, Billie Holiday, Dambusters, Edgar Allen Poe, Emil Jannings, Florence, George Michael, Gorbachev, Gordon Cooper, Israel, Janet Gaynor, Jeremy Kyle, Jim Henson, Jim Laker, Joan of Arc, John Prescott, Keith Richards, Marie Antoinette, Mary Queen of Scots, May 16, Muhammad Ali, news, Pete Townshend, Ronan Point, Sadio Mané, Sir Thomas More, The Queen, Today in history

1527: Florence becomes a republic. 1532: Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor. 1568: Mary, Queen of Scots flees to

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