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1987: Jeffrey Archer

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It happened today – this day in history – July 24

24/07/202323/07/2023 YA Reporter Beatles, Behan, Brigham Young, Cartier, George Washington, Gibraltar, Greenpeace, Grobbelaar, Halley, Jeffrey Archer, Joni Mitchell, July 24, Khrushchev, Kushner, Machu Picchu, Mary Queen of Scots, Mata Hari, Matthew Webb, Menin Gate, news, Nixon, Olympics, Second World War, Tennessee, tennis, Today in history, Tour de France, Trump, William III

1148: Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. 1411: The Battle of Harlaw, one of

1991: Mt Pinatubo erupts

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It happend today – this day in history – June 15

15/06/202315/06/2023 YA Reporter Algeria, American Civil War, Arndale Centre, Black Adder, blood transfusion, boxing, Charles I, Duluth, Eichmann, EUFA, Falklands, FBI, Gascoigne, George Washington, golf, Goodyear, Hawaii, Hawking, hovercraft, June 15, Magna Carta, Meinhof, Mt Pinatubo, news, Niagara Falls, Olympics, Quayle, Rebel Wilson, Second World War, steel, tennis, Today in history, Typhoid Mary, Wat Tyler, Wilhelm II

763BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 1215: King John

1973: Richard Nixon

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It happened today – this day in history – April 30

30/04/202329/04/2023 YA Reporter Ann Frank, April 30, Big Ben, Cambodia, Casey Jones, Columbus, Debussy, Dickens, electron, FA Cup, George Washington, Henry VIII, Javid, Louisiana Purchase, mendelevium, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, news, Nixon, Noel Coward, Ratzenberger, Second World War, Seles, Shilton, Today in history, Vietnam, Watergate, world wide web

1492: Christopher Columbus is given royal commission by Spanish monarchs Isabella I and Ferdinand II to equip his fleet to

1998: Bob Dylan

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It happened today – this day in history – February 25

25/02/202324/02/2023 YA Reporter Aquino, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bruno, Buddy Holly, Cassius Clay, corporal punishment, Dalai Lama, Elizabeth I, February 25, Franco, George Bernard Shaw, George Washington, Hadrian, Hutuktu, IRA, John Cage, Khrushchev, miners, Nasser, news, Second World War, Sinatra, Syria, Today in history, Tyson, Victor Hugo

138: Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. 1570: Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I for heresy

1865: Gen Robert E Lee

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It happened today – this day in history – February 4

04/02/202303/02/2023 YA Reporter Afghanistan, American Civil War, Angola, Beatles, Black Sabbath, Codex Sinaiticus, Facebook, February 4, George Washington, Hearst, Henry VII, Hitler, IRA, Jefferson Davis, news, Quito, Razorlight, Richard I, Robert E Lee, Rolls Royce, Serbia and Montenegro, Sri Lanka, Studio 54, Super Bowl, Today in history, Trump, Van Morrison, Winter Olympics, Yalta, Yasser Arafat

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

1991: Cannon Street rail crash (Photo: London Fire Brigade)

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It happened today – this day in history – January 8

08/01/202307/01/2023 YA Reporter Alfred the Great, Algeria, Cannon Street Station, Charles de Gaulle, First World War, Gallipoli, George Bush, George Washington, Giffords, Handel, Iran, Jacobites, January 8, Kegworth, Monaco, news, Today in history, Trump, War of 1812, Watergate

871: Ethelred I of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great defeat the invading Danish army at the Battle of

1976: Roadie Mal Evans was a much loved and trusted member of The Beatles' inner circle

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It happened today – this day in history – January 3

03/01/202303/01/2023 YA Reporter Alaska, Beatles, Belfast, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Cabrillo, Cuba, Dickens, Eiffel Tower, George Bush, George Washington, January 3, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Mal Evans, Margaret Thatcher, Martin Luther, Mussolini, news, Nietzsche, Noriega, Pelosi, Second World War, Today in history, Yeltsin

1431: Joan of Arc is handed over to Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 1496: Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.

1970: Lillian Board

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It happened today – this day in history – December 26

26/12/202225/12/2022 Mick Ferris Afghanistan, Bathory, Beatles, Beckenbauer, Churchill, Columbus, December 26, George Washington, Gilbert and Sullivan, Hendrix, Indira Gandhi, Iraq, Joffre, Lillian Board, Michael Jackson, news, Second World War, Sex Pistols, Shakespeare, Sheringham, Today in history, tsunami

1492: The first Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded in modern day Haiti by Christopher Columbus.

1948: Hideki Tojo

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It happened today – this day in hitory – December 23

23/12/202222/12/2022 YA Reporter Apollo 8, BBC, Boycott, Brian Wilson, Cassini, Castro, December 23, First World War, George Washington, James II, Jane Austen, kidney, Lord Roberts, news, Saudi Arabia, Second World War, Today in history, Tojo, transistor, Uranus, Vincent van Gogh

1620: French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII. 1672: Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn. 1688: James

2013: Nelson Mandela

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It happened today – this day in history – December 5

05/12/202205/12/2022 YA Reporter Andrew Jackson, Bakker, Beatles, Berlioz, Blackbeard, Charlemagne, Civil Partnership Act, Columbus, December 5, Einsstein, Einstein, First World War, George Washington, Ghana, Gold Rush, Hubble Telescope, Jack Lynch, Joe Louis, Korean War, Mandela, Mary Celeste, McCartney, Monty Python, news, Preston bypass, prohibition, Sadat, Second World War, Sukarno, Thatcher, Thomas Jefferson, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II

771: Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 1456: An earthquake strikes

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