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2009: Passengers wait to be rescued on the wings of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River

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It happened today – this day in history – January 15

15/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter Brexit, Elizabeth I, Gaddafi, Gerald Ford, Henry VIII, history, Ilse Koch, January 15, John Dillinger, Manhattan Project, Mark Thatcher, Mozart, Nixon, Pentagon, Princess Diana, Simone Biles, Sullenberger, Supremes, Tchaikovsky, The Queen, Theresa May, Tony Benn

1412: Birth of Joan of Arc. 1535: Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England. 1552: France signs

1897: Licensed cabs begin operating in London

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – December 6

06/12/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Beatles, Bob Dylan, David Cameron, December 6, Edison, Encyclopedia Brittanica, Gerald Ford, Harefield Hospital, Henry VI, history, Mandela, Rolling Stones, Sid Vicious, slavery, taxicabs

343: Greek Bishop St Nicholas, model for the modern day Father Christmas, dies aged 73. 1240: Mongols under Batu Khan

1963: Jack Ruby (bottom right) points his gun at Lee Harvey Oswald

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – November 24

24/11/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Apollo 12, Beatles, Bristol, Darwin, Freddie Mercury, Gerald Ford, history, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leonid Brezhnev, Luftwaffe, Mnangagwa, Mussolini, November 24, Oliver Cromwell, River Thames, Tasmania

1434: The River Thames freezes over in London. 1542: The English beat Scottish King James V at the Battle of

1955: ITV launches with Alec Guinness, Harry Secombe and ads for toothpast, chocolate and petrol

It happened today – this day in history – September 22

22/09/202021/09/2020 Mick Ferris Abraham Lincoln, Anne of Cleeves, Boris Yeltsin, Bulgaria, Cat Stevens, Diana Ross, Gene Tunney, Gerald Ford, history, ITV, Jimmy Page, John Lennon, John Simpson, Kissinger, Mali, Queen Victoria, September 22, Switzerland, Wagner

1499: Switzerland becomes an independent state. 1515: Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII, is born in Dusseldorf. 1529:

1963: Ready Steady Go host Cathy McGowan and Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones

It happened today – this day in history – August 9

09/08/202008/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 9, Cliff Richard, Cromwell, Daley Thompson, Edward VII, Gallipoli, Gerald Ford, history, Jesse Owens, Joe Orton, Julius Ceasar, Nagasaki, Napoleon, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Queen, Ready Steady Go, Sharon Tate, Usain Bolt

48BC: Julius Ceasar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 681: Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on