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1947: The engagement of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten

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It happened today – this day in history – July 9

09/07/202108/07/2021 YA Reporter Anne of Cleves, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Boris Johnson, Chiang Kai-shek, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Henry VIII, HMS Vanguard, Ian Botham, Johnny Cash, July 9, Lord Rockingham, Michael Fagen, Napoleon, news, Oliver North, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, Philip Mountbatten, Princess Elizabeth, Richard Hadlee, Ricky Gervais, Tamerlane, The Queen, Today in history, Wayne Rooney, Wimbledon, World Cup, Zachary Taylor, Zidane

1401: Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540: Henry VIII annuls his six month marriage to his fourth wife

1936: The ruins of Crystal Palace

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It happened today – this day in history – November 30

30/11/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Achille Lauro, Bill Clinton, Bradman, Churchill, Crystal Palace, Floyd Patterson, Folies Bergère, history, HMS Vanguard, Lloyd George, November 30

1016: Canute, King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund ‘Ironside’. 1523: Amsterdam bans the assembly

1917: HMS Vanguard

It happened today – this day in history – July 9

09/07/202008/07/2020 Mick Ferris Boris Johnson, Dylan, Fagan, history, HMS Vanguard, July 9, Warhol, Wimbledon, Wings, York Minster, Zachary Taylor

1401: Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540: Henry VIII annuls his six month marriage to his fourth wife