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1969: The Rolling Stones at Altamont (Photo: Gimme Shelter)

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It happened today – this day in history – December 6

06/12/202105/12/2021 YA Reporter Balcombe Street seige, Beatles, Calvin Coolidge, David Cameron, December 6, Dylan, Edison, Encyclopedia Brittanica, First World War, Gerald Ford, Henry VI, Jacobites, Mandela, Mongols, NASA, news, Northern Ireland, Quito, Rolling Stones, Schumann, Second World War, Sid Vicious, taxicabs, Today in history, Trump

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

1963: Lee Harvey Oswald is shot by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas Police HQ

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It happened today – this day in history – November 24

24/11/202123/11/2021 YA Reporter Abel Tasman, Apollo 12, Beatles, Brezhnev, Darwin, Freddie Mercury, Gerald Ford, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mt Vesuvius, news, November 24, Oliver Cromwell, River Thames, Second World War, Today in history

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

2001: John Simpson in Afghanistan (Photo: BBC News)

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It happened today – this day in history – September 22

22/09/202121/09/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Ben Jonson, BHC News, Boris Johnson, Cardinal Wolsey, David Hempleman-Adams, deal, Diana Ross, Gene Tunney, George III, Gerald Ford, Gresford Colliery, Happy birthday, ITV, Jimmy Page, John Simpson, Kissinger, Kosovo, Lennon, Lord Randolph Churchill, Louis Botha, Mali, Nero, news, Olympics, Queen Victoria, Robert Walpole, September 22, Switzerland, Today in history, Wagner, Yeltsin, Yusuf Islam

66: Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1499: Switzerland becomes an independent state. 1515: Anne of Cleves, fourth wife

1977: Marc Bolan

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It happened today – this day in history – September 16

16/09/202115/09/2021 YA Reporter Afghanistan, Beatles, Capetown, David Livingstone, Gerald Ford, Highbury, Jimi Hendrix, Malaysia, Marc Bolan, Marillion, Monty Python, news, Second World War, September 16, Today in history, Torquemada, Wall Street

1498: Tomas de Torquemada, Castilian Grand Inquisitor during Spanish Inquisition, dies aged 77. 1630: The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changes

1981: Only Fools And Horses

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It happened today – this day in history – September 8

08/09/202107/09/2021 YA Reporter 1796: The French defeat Austria at the Battle of Bassano., Bobby Moore, Burwell, Crimean War, Evil Knieval, Fangio, First World War, Galliano, George III, Gerald Ford, Hemingway, HMS Oceanic, Jack The Ripper, Lichfield, Michelangelo, Myanmar, Natal, news, Olympics, Only Fools And Horses, Queen Elizabeth II, Richard I, Second World War, September 8, Today in history, Uganda, William IV

1157: Birth of Richard the Lionheart in Oxford. 1276: John XXI, the only Portuguese pope is elected. 1380: Moscow’s great

1967: Joe Orton

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It happened today – this day in history – August 9

09/08/202108/08/2021 YA Reporter August 9, Beatles, Belarus, Bulgaria, Charles Kennedy, Cliff Richard, Diesel, Edward VII, Gallipoli, Gandhi, Gerald Ford, internment, Joe Orton, Julius Ceasar, Napoleon, news, North Korea, Oliver Cromwell, Olympics, Sharon Tate, Sistine Chapel, Today in history, Yeltsin

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

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

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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

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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:

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