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1978: Ricky Villa (left) and Ossie Ardiles with Spurs manager Keith Burkinshaw

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It happened today – this day in history – July 10

10/07/202109/07/2021 YA Reporter Alexandra Palace, Bahamas, Battle of Britain, Beatles, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Boris Yeltsin, Cher, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard, Cream, Darroch, Dublin, Franklin D Roosevelt, George II, Greenland, Greenpeace, Hadrian, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Howard Hughes, John Paul Getty III, Josie Russell, Julius Ceasar, July 10, Lady Godiva, Lady Jane Grey, Louise Woodward, Martin Luther King, Millard Fillmour, news, News of the World, Oliver Cromwell, Ossie Ardiles, Parking meters, Richard of York, Ricky Villa, Rimbaud, Sicily, Today in history, Tottenham Hotspur, War of the Roses, William of Orange, William Whitelaw, Wyoming

48BC: Julius Ceasar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania).

1997: Betty Shabazz

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It happened today – this day in history – May 30

30/05/202129/05/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Jackson, Bangladesh, Beatles, Betty Shabazz, Biafra, Charles I, Chelsea, Christopher Marlowe, Columbus, Elon Musk, Graham Hill, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Hissène Habré, Jane Seymour, Joan of Arc, Lincoln Memorial, Liverpool, Margaret of Anjou, May 30, Napoleon, news, Nottingham Forest, Queen Victoria, Real Madrid, Today in history, Tyson, Zatopek

1381: Peasant uprising begins in Essex. 1431: Joan of Arc, aged 19, is burned at the stake in Rouen. 1445:

1979: Blair Peach

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It happened today – this day in history – April 23

23/04/202123/04/2021 YA Reporter Alexander I, April 23, Beatles, Blair Peach, Charles II, Eritrea, Ethelred, Henry VI, HIV, John Lennon, news, Paul McCartney, Queen Anne, Queen Victoria, Robert E Lee, Shakespeare, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Trump, Yeltsin

871: Death of Ethelred I, King of Wessex. 1014: King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of

1959: Billy Wright

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It happened today – this day in history – April 11

11/04/202110/04/2021 YA Reporter April 11, Assange, Ballesteros, Beatles, Billy Wright, Blitz, Coventry, Eichmann, Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Gandhi, Hansie Cronje, Henry VI, Idi Amin, Monaco, Napoleon, news, Singapore, Today in history

1471: In the Wars of the Roses King Edward IV of England seizes London from Henry VI. 1814: Napoleon abdicates

1848: Niagara Falls freezes over

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It happened today – this day in history – March 29

29/03/202129/03/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Beethoven, Billy Wilder, Captain Robert Scott, Charles II, Charles Manson, Edward IV, Eurovision, FA Cup, Grand National, Hanratty, Henry VI, Jack Nicholson, James Stewart, Joe Louis, Lulu, Manchester City, March 29, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, news, Niagara Falls, Oscars, Punjab, Royal Albert Hall, Today, Torrey Canyon

1461: Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Duke of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI

1999: George Harrison

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It happened today – on this day in history – December 30

30/12/202028/01/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, December 30, Ferdinand Marcos, Fidel Castro, Frank Sinatra, George Harrison, Henry VI, history, James I, Persia, Saddam Hussein

1460: The Duke of York is killed and his forces soundly defeated by forces for Henry VI at the Battle

1907: American naval ships leave Virginia on their two-year tour of the world

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It happened today – on this day in history – December 16

16/12/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Bangladesh, Battle Of The Bulge, Bosston Tea Party, Charlie Chaplin, December 16, Dior, Great White Fleet, Henry VI, history, Jimmy Greaves, Mt Vesuvius, Napoleon, Oliver Cromwell, Transvaal

1431: Henry VI of England is crowned king of France. 1485: Birth of Catherine of Aragon in Madrid. 1497: Portuguese

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

1990: The Channel Tunnel

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It happened today – this day in history – October 30

30/10/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Axl Rose, Channel Tunnel, Charles I, Churchill, Henry VI, Henry VII, history, Jim Morrison, Maradona, Muhammad Ali, Napoleon, October 30, Orson Welles, P T Barnum, Senna

1470: Henry VI returns to the English throne after the Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle during the War

1997: The crumpled wreck of the Mercedes S280 in which Princess Diana was travelling

It happened today – this day in history – August 31

31/08/202030/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 31, Braque, Brecht, Caligula, George Harrison, Henry VI, history, Jack The Ripper, Kitchener, Laurence Olivier, Olympics, Princess Diana, Rocky Marciano, Solidarity, Vivien Leigh

12AD: Birth of Caligula, third emperor of Rome. 1422: Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of nine