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1966: The rooftops of Pantglas Junior School, Aberfan, poke out of the sludge and debris as rescuers hunt for survivors

It happened today – this day in history – October 21

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1520: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific

1986: US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet at the Reykjavik Summit in Iceland

It happened today – this day in history – October 11

11/10/202010/10/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Beatles, Benjamin Franklin, Boer War, Einstein, George Michael, Gorbachev, Hansie Cronje, history, Mary Rose, Muddy Waters, October 11, Reagan, Rod Stewart

October 11 1138: An earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000. 1521: Pope Leo X titles Henry VIII “Defender

1982: EPCOT Centre, Disneyworld

It happened today – this day in history – October 1

01/10/202030/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Bali, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Churchill, Concorde, Elvis Presley, EPCOT Centre, Franco, Gorbachev, history, Jimi Hendrix, Lawrence of Arabia, Mosley, Muhammad Ali, News of the World, October 1, Peckham, Pele, Putin, The Beatles, Toxteth, Walt Disney World, Watergate

331BC: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela. 959: Edgar I, the Peaceful, becomes

1932: Amelia Earhart

It happened today – this day in history – August 24

24/08/202023/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Amelia Earhart, August 24, Brian Keenan, Charlotte Bronte, Edison, George Michael, Gorbachev, history, Jeffrey Epstein, Jimmy Greaves, Judas Priest, Justin Timberlake, Magna Carta, Mark Chapman, Michael Jackson, Mozart, Prince Andrew, Stephen Hawking, Steve Jobs, Vesuvius

79: Mt Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing 15,000. 410: Rome is overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for

1967: Keith Moon

It happened today – this day in history – August 23

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1305: Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I. 1500: Governor Francisco De Bobadilla arrives in

1977: Groucho Marx

It happened today – this day in history – August 19

19/08/202018/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments August 19, Chris Hoy, Desmond Tutu, Edward I, Gorbachev, Groucho Marx, history, Hungerford, John Wesley Harding, Mary Queen of Scots, Michael Ryan, Mowlam, Richard II, Salem, Schumacher, Sex Pistols, Tony Scott, Victoria Pendleton

14AD: Death of first Roman Emperor Augustus aged 75. 1274: Edward I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

1977: Star Wars. Photo: Lucasfilm

It happened today – this day in history – May 25

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1521: The Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther and his followers. 1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England,

2016: The great Keith Emerson

It happened today – this day in history – March 11

11/03/202010/03/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Beatles, Cocker, Dodd, Emerson, Etna, Fleming, Gorbachev, history, March 11, Milosevic, Verdi

537: Goths lay siege to Rome. 1513: Giovanni de’ Medici chosen as Pope Leo X. 1702: The first English daily

1938: Vivien Leigh

It happened today – this day in history – December 25

25/12/201924/12/2019 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Brown, Ceausescu, December 25, Gein, George Michael, Gorbachev, history, Keegan, Kitt, McCartney

800: Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne) Emperor of Rome. 1066: William The Conqueror is crowned King of

1967: Dr Christiaan Barnard

It happened today – this day in history – December 3

03/12/201902/12/2019 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Attenborough, Barnard, Beatles, Bhopal, Christie, December 3, Epstein, Gorbachev, history, Judas Priest, MASA, McLagan, Stones, The Who

1586: Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia. 1828: Andrew Jackson is elected President of the US. 1854:

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