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1993: Tennis star Monica Seles is stabbed on court

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It happened today – this day in history – April 30

30/04/202229/04/2022 YA Reporter Akihito, Ann Frank, April 30, Cambodia, Capt Tom Moore, Columbus, Debussy, Dickens, electron, FA Cup, George Washington, Henry VIII, Louisiana Purchase, mendelevium, Michael Jackson, Monica Seles, Muhammad Ali, news, Nixon, Sajid Javid, Second World War, Soho, Tim Berners-Lee, Today in history, Wilko Johnson

1492: Christopher Columbus is given royal commission by Spanish monarchs Isabella I and Ferdinand II to equip his fleet to

1865: Abraham Lincoln

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It happened today – this day in history – April 14

14/04/202213/04/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Afghanistan, April 14, Beatles, Biden, Desmond Tutu, Edgar Allen Poe, Edison, Eyjafjallajökull, Grand National, Henry VIII, Hungary, Laika, Marc Antony, Motown, news, Noah Webster, Noye, Second World War, Space shuttle, Today in history, Trump, Turkey, Wars of the Roses, Watergate

43BC: The Battle of Forum Gallorum: Marc Antony besieging Julius Caesar’s assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces

1959: The Marx Brothers' final TV appearance together

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It happened today – this day in history – March 8

08/03/202207/03/2022 YA Reporter Beatles, Da Nang, helicopter, Henry VIII, Joe Frazier, Malcolm X, March 8, Mark Knopfler, Marx Brothers, news, Paul McCartney, postal strike, Princess Anne, Queen Anne, Rover, Sibelius, Suez Canal, Timothy McVeigh, Today in history, Toyota, Trump

1531: Henry VIII is recognised as supreme head of Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury. 1702: Queen Anne

1969: Golda Meir

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It happened today – this day in history – March 7

07/03/202206/03/2022 YA Reporter Alexander Graham Bell, Amundsen, Bangladesh, Beatles, Bikini Atoll, Catherine of Aragon, Duchess of Sussex, Duke of Sussex, George III, Golda Meir, Henry VIII, Huawei, Malcolm Campbell, March 7, Monopoly, Napoleon, news, Pakistan, Salman Rushdie, Second World War, Selma, Tina Turner, Today in history

322BC: Death of Aristotle. 1274: Death of Italian theologian Thomas Aquinas. 1530: Henry VIII’s request to divorce Catherine of Aragon

1996: The four remaining members of Take That announce they are splitting up

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It happened today – this day in history – February 13

13/02/202212/02/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Adele, Brit Awards, Bruno Hauptmann, Catherine Howard, Chernenko, cholera, Dead Sea Scrolls, Dresden, February 13, Galileo, Glencoe, Henry VIII, Jesse James, Marquis de Sade, Mata Hari, Mongols, news, Second World War, Solzhenitsyn, Take That, Today in history, Trump, Tycho Brahe, Vietnam, Viola Beach, Winter Olympics

1258: Baghdad falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed and tens of thousands are slaughtered. 1542: Catherine

1887: Construction begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris

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It happened today – this day in history – January 28

28/01/202227/01/2022 YA Reporter Cameroon, Challenger, Derek Bentley, Edward VI, Eiffel Tower, Goon Show, Helsinki, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Iceland, Jane Austen, January 28, Lego, Pakistan, Pall Mall, Raffles, Rwanda, Second World War, Shanghai, Space shuttle, Super Bowl, The Godfather, Today in history, Ukraine, Woodrow Wilson

814: Death of Charlemagne aged 71. 1099: Siege of Hosn-el-Akrad, Syria, during the First Crusade. 1225: Birth of St Thomas

2004: First hi-res colour photo of the surface of Mars

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It happened today – this day in history – January 25

25/01/202224/01/2022 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Boleyn, Antarctica, Beatles, Beckham, David Owen, Edison, Edward III, El Salvador, Electoral Commission, Eric Cantona, Henry VIII, Idi Amin, January 25, League of Nations, Mars, Mendelssohn, Napoleon, NASA, Nellie Bly, news, Paul McCartney, Rossini, Roy Jenkins, Russia, São Paulo, Shirley Williams, Today in history, Trump, William Rodgers, Winter Olympics

1327: Edward III acceeds to the English throne after the abdication of Edward II. 1533: Henry VIII marries his second

1943: The Pentagon

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It happened today – this day in history – January 15

15/01/202214/01/2022 YA Reporter Belfast, Black Dahlia, Boston, Chesley Sullenberger, East Germany, Elizabeth I, Gaddafi, Gukf War, Henry VIII, Ilse Koch, Irish Free State, January 15, Japan, Mark Thatcher, Mozart, news, Nixon, Pentagon, Princess of Wales, Second World War, Simone Biles, Smollett, Supremes, Tchaikovsky, The Queen, Today in history, Tony Benn

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

1953: Samuel Beckett

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It happened today – this day in history – January 5

05/01/202204/01/2022 YA Reporter Amelia Earhart, Benedict Arnold, Bonnie and Clyde, First World War, Golden Gate Bridge, HArold Shipman, Henry VIII, Iran, January 5, Louis XV, news, Northern Ireland, Ray Davies, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samuel Beckett, Second World War, Today in history, Yorkshire Ripper

1066: Death of Edward the Confessor. 1463: French poet Francois Villon is banished from Paris. 1500: Duke Ludovico Sforza reconquers

1900: Ellis Island

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It happened today – this day in history – December 17

17/12/202116/12/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Egypt, Graf Spee, Harold Holt, Harrods, Henry VIII, Ian Huntley, Irish Free State, Merkel, Mourinho, news, nuclear fission, OPEC, Ostrogoths, Papworth Hospital, Project Blue Book, Rommel, Schubert, Second World War, Tamerlane, Today in history, Wright Brothers

546: The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison. 1398: Turkic conqueror Tamerlane captures and sacks

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