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1993: Tennis star Monica Seles is stabbed on court

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It happened today – this day in history – April 30

30/04/202229/04/2022 YA Reporter Akihito, Ann Frank, April 30, Cambodia, Capt Tom Moore, Columbus, Debussy, Dickens, electron, FA Cup, George Washington, Henry VIII, Louisiana Purchase, mendelevium, Michael Jackson, Monica Seles, Muhammad Ali, news, Nixon, Sajid Javid, Second World War, Soho, Tim Berners-Lee, Today in history, Wilko Johnson

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

1969: Yasser Arafat

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It happened today – this day in history – February 4

04/02/202203/02/2022 YA Reporter Afghanistan, Angola, Beatles, Black Sabbath, Churchill, Codex Sinaiticus, Facebook, February 4, Franklin D Roosevelt, George Washington, Henry VII, Jefferson Davis, news, Patty Hearst, Richard I, Robert E Lee, Rolls Royce, Serbia and Montenegro, Sri Lanka, Stalin, Studio 54, Super Bowl, Today in history, 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

1992: President George Bush throws up on the Japanese prime minister

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It happened today – this day in history – January 8

08/01/202207/01/2022 YA Reporter Alfred the Great, Armada, Battle of New Orleans, Cannon Street Station, Charles de Gaulle, Ethelred, First World War, Gallipoli, George Bush, George Washington, Handel, Iran, Jacobites, January 8, Kegworth, Monaco, news, Queen Mary 2, rationing, Second World War, Today in history, Watergate

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

1946: William Joyce

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It happened today – this day in history – January 3

03/01/202202/01/2022 YA Reporter Alaska, Beatles, Boko Haram, Bush, Cabrillo, Castro, Dickens, Eiffel Tower, Gaza, George Washington, Jack Ruby, Jacobites, January 3, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Lord Haw Haw, Mal Evans, Margaret Thatcher, Martin Luther, Nancy Pelosi, news, Nietzsche, Noriega, Rachmaninov, Roy Jenkins, Second World War, Today in history, William Joyce, Yeltsin

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

1967: The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

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It happened today – this day in history – December 26

26/12/202125/12/2021 YA Reporter Afghanistan, African Queen, Beatles, Beckenbauer, Churchill, Columbus, December 26, Dian Fossey, Elizabeth Bathory, George Washington, Gilbert and Sullivan, Hendrix, Indira Gandhi, Iraq, JonBenét Ramsey, King Lear, Lillian Board, news, Sex Pistols, Shakespeare, Today in history, tsunami

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

1912: Aswan Low Dam

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It happened today – this day in history – December 23

23/12/202122/12/2021 YA Reporter Apollo 8, Aswan Low Dam, BBC, Brian Wilson, Cassini, Castro, Chad, Chuck Berry, December 23, George Harrison, George Washington, James II, Jane Austen, Louis XIII, news, partition, Today in history, Tojo, transistor, transplant, Uranus, Vincent van Gogh

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

1992: The Hubble telescope

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It happened today – this day in history – December 5

05/12/202104/12/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Jackson, Beatles, Berlioz, Blackbeard, California Gold Rush, Charlemagne, Civil Partnership Act, Columbus, December 5, Einstein, Fiji, First World War, George Washington, Hubble Telescope, Jim Bakker, Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Celeste, MAxwell, Monty Python's Flying Circus, news, O J Simpson, Olympics, Omaha, Paul McCartney, prohibition, Pyongyang, Second World War, Thomas Jefferson, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, Weimar

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

2006: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

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It happened today – this day in history – October 4

04/10/202103/10/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Anne of Cleves, Assange, Austria, Beatles, Corsica, First World War, George Washington, Henry VIII, Janis Joplin, Lesotho, Mexico, Mt Rushmore, news, October 4, Orient Express, Pope Paul VI, Portugal, Schumacher, Second World War, Spencer Perceval, Sputnik, Tammy Wynette, Theresa May, Today in history, WikiLeaks

1539: Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves. 1669: Death of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn aged 66. 1777: General George

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

1911: Machu Picchu

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It happened today – this day in history – July 24

24/07/202123/07/2021 YA Reporter Armani, Beatles, Brendan Behan, Brigham Young, Cartier, Commonwealth Games, George Washington, Gibraltar, Grodz, Harlaw, Jared Kushner, Jeffrey Archer, July 24, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Khrushchev, Machu Picchu, Mary, Mata Hari, Menin Gate, news, Nixon, Olympics, Queen of Scots, Rolling Stones, Today in history, Tour de France, Trump, Tsar Nicholas II, William III

1411: The Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place. 1534: Jacques Cartier lands in Canada

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