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1978: The Sex Pistols split up on stage at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco

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It happened today – this day in history – January 14

14/01/202213/01/2022 YA Reporter Black Panther, celluloid, clarinet, Derry, Duchess of Kent, Elvis Presley, FA Cup, Guadacanal, Jamaica, January 14, Mozart, Napoleon III, news, Puccini, Second World War, Sex Pistols, Sir Matt Busby, Stephen Waldorf, Today in history

1690: The clarinet is invented in Nürnberg, Germany. 1724: King Philip V abdicates the Spanish throne. 1742: Astronomer Edmond Halley

1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen

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It happened today – this day in history – August 7

07/08/202106/08/2021 YA Reporter Adam Peaty, Apollo 15, Arthur Miller, August 7, Bali, Churchill, Explorer 6, Fanny Blankers-Koen, First World War, Francis Drake, Guadacanal, Idi Amin, James Joyce, Kenya, Lord Kitchener, Macbeth, Napoleon, news, Oliver Hardy, Olympics, Operation Desert Shield, Second World War, Shakespeare, Tanzania, Thor Heyerdahl, Today in history, Tour de France, Trump, Ulysses, Viking 2

1560: Birth of Elizabeth Bathory, Hungarian countess and most prolific female serial killer in history, in Nyírbátor. 1573: Francis Drake’s

1964: The Beatles appear to a TV audience of 73million on the Ed Sullivan Show

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It happened today – this day in history – February 9

09/02/202108/02/2021 YA Reporter Adams, Apollo 14, Beatles, Boeing 747, Dounreay, February 9, Grover Cleveland, Guadacanal, Joe Louis, Michael Foale, Riverdance, Ron Greenwood, Shergar, Today in history, Ttrevor Francis, Verdi, Volleyball, Walpole, West Ham United, Wings, Winter Olympics

1540: The first recorded race meet in England at Roodee Fields, Chester. 1554: Sir Thomas Wyatt is is defeated and

1935: Howard Hughes

It happened today – this day in history – September 12

12/09/202011/09/2020 Mick Ferris Biko, Casanova, Corbyn, Guadacanal, Haile Selassie, history, Howard Hughes, Johnny Cash, September 12, Switzerland

1217: French prince Louis and English King Henry III sign a peace treaty. 1624: The first submarine is publicly tested

1990: US troops in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield

It happened today – this day in history – August 7

07/08/202006/08/2020 Mick Ferris Arthur Miller, August 7, Bathory, Churchill, Desert Shield, Elvis, Guadacanal, history, Idi Amin, James Joyce, Kitchener, Lennon, Macbeth, Napoleon, Oliver Hardy, Olympics, Trump, Xi Jinping

1560: Birth of Elizabeth Bathory, Hungarian countess and most prolific female serial killer in history, in Nyírbátor. 1573: Francis Drake’s

1966: Buzz Aldrin takes a selfie in space

It happened today – on this day in history – November 12

12/11/201911/11/2019 Mick Ferris Aldrin, Andropov, Ben-Gurion, Calley, Guadacanal, history, Marcos, November 12, Schumacher, Scott, Tojo, Trotsky

1793: Jean Sylvain Bailly, first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined. 1847: Sir James Young Simpson is the first to use