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2020: Kobe Bryant

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It happened today – this day in history – January 26

26/01/202225/01/2022 YA Reporter Auschwitz, Bill Clinton, Condoleeza Rice, Cullinan diamond, Edward III, Hong Kong, India, Isaac Newton, January 26, John Logie Baird, Kashmir, Kobe Bryant, Louisiana, Michigan, Monica Lewinsky, Mozart, news, Oscar Wilde, Second World War, Spanish Civil War, Super Bowl, Today in history, Winter Olympics

1340: England’s Edward III is proclaimed king of France. 1531: An earthquake hits Lisbon, killing 30,000. 1564: The Council of

1961: Inauguration of President John F Kennedy

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It happened today – this day in history – January 20

20/01/202220/01/2022 YA Reporter Biden, Buddy Holly, Burma, Clinton, Edward Balliol, Edward VIII, Franklin D Roosevelt, George H W Bush, George V, Gulf War, Hong Kong, January 20, JFK, Monkees, news, Nixon, Obama, Ozzy Osbourne, Reagan, Richard II, Second World War, Terry Waite, Today in history, Trump

1265: The first English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) meets in

1971: A Clockwork Orange

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It happened today – this day in history – December 19

19/12/202119/12/2021 YA Reporter A Clockwork Orange, BBC, Boris Yeltsin, Carl Perkins, Dalai Lama, December 19, Dickens, Elvis Presley, Gatwick, Hawaii, Henry II, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Idi Amin, Kitchener, Mick Jagger, news, Penlee lifeboat, Rayon, Second World War, Stanley Kubrick, Today in history, William Pitt the Younger

1154: Henry II is crowned King of England. 1642: Four of explorer Abel Rasman’s crew are killed at Wharewharangi Bay

1920: Unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph at Whitehall, by King George V (Photo: Imperial War Museum)

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It happened today – this day in history – November 11

11/11/202110/11/2021 YA Reporter Angola, Armistice, Beatles, Cenotaph, chrysanthemums, Columbus, Cruise missiles, Frederick Barbarossa, Gemini 12, General Synod, Gough Whitlam, Hong Kong, Jacobites, Leonardo da Vinci, Louis Armstrong, Maldives, Manchester Ship Canal, Ned Kelly, news, November 11, Ravel, Rhodesia, Second World War, Today in history, Tolkien, Vincent van Gogh, Washington, Yasser Arafat

1158: Frederick Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy. 1493: Christopher Columbus discovers the Caribbean island of Saba. 1640: Thomas

1886: Apache chief Geronimo

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It happened today – this day in history – September 4

04/09/202103/09/2021 YA Reporter Allende, American Civil War, Beatles, Beatrix Potter, Brabham, Chelsea, Cologne, Cuba, Dalai Lama, Edison, Fela Kuti, First World War, Forth Bridge, Franco, George Best, Geronimo, Google, Halley, Harry Truman, Hendrix, Hong Kong, Makarova, news, Olympics, Second World War, September 4, Sheffield Wednesday, Spanish Civil War, Spitz, Steve Irwin, Today in history, Wolfenden Report

1571: Catholic rebellion in Scotland. 1682: Astronomer Edmond Halley observes the comet named after him. 1824: Birth of composer Anton

1967: Keith Moon

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It happened today – this day in history – August 23

23/08/202122/08/2021 YA Reporter Ascari, August 23, Austro-Prussian War, Columbus, First World War, Gaddafi, Gandhi, Gorbachev, Hong Kong, Hurricane Katrina, Jacques Cartier, Keith Moon, Laos, Lennon, Louis XVI, Napoleon, news, Olympics, Rolling Stones, Rudolph Valentino, Saddam Hussein, Second World War, Stalingrad, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, William Wallace

476: Odoacer is proclaimed King of Italy by his troops 1305: Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason

1942: General Bernard Montgomery

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It happened today – this day in history – August 10

10/08/202109/08/2021 YA Reporter |Vikings, aspirin, August 10, Ballymurphy, Battle of Scheveningen, Charles II, Cyprus, David Frost, Diesel, Ecuador, Elvis Presley, Franklin D Roosevelt, Guam, Henry VII, Hong Kong, Japan, Jeffrey Epstein, Jim Morrison, John Cabot, John Flamsteed, Kenny Dalglish, Lasse Virén, Louvre, Madagascar, Maldon, Montgomery, Mozart, NASA, news, Paul McCartney, Psycho, RAC, Richard Nixon, Second World War, Simon Le Bon, Today in history, Trump, Zola Budd

991: The English, led by Bryhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. 1497: Explorer John Cabot

1962: Marilyn Monroe

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It happened today – this day in history – August 5

05/08/202104/08/2021 YA Reporter Andy Capp, August 5, Beatles, First World War, George Best, Henry I, Hong Kong, Marilyn Monroe, Newfoundland, news, Olympics, Plaid Cymru, Statue of Liberty, Tettenhall, Today in history, William Wallace, Ypres

910: The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces

1969: Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales

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It happened today – this day in history – July 1

01/07/202130/06/2021 YA Reporter Battle of the Boyne, Battle of the Somme, Beatles, Canada, Einstein, Fidel Castro, Gettysburg, Hefner, Hong Kong, July 1, Maudling, Napoleon, news, Olympics, Philby, Pinochet, Prince of Wales, Sarah Payne, Saturn, Sebastopol, Sir Thomas More, Steve Ovett, sunglasses, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Tour de France, Virginia Wade

251: The Battle of Abrittus is won by the Goths against the Romans. 1200: Sunglasses are invented in China. 1535:

1959: HM The Queen and President Eisenhower

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It happened today – this day in history – June 26

26/06/202125/06/2021 YA Reporter Bernadette Devlin, Boxer uprising, Dwight D Eisenhower, Elvis Presley, Euro 92, Euro 96, Falluja, Gareth Southgate, George IV, HM The Queen, Hong Kong, John F Kennedy, June 26, Keith Richards, Kovno, Len Hutton, Londonderry, Mubarak, news, Pied Piper, Pizarro, Richard Branson, Richard III, Today in history, toothbrush, Veronica Guerin, William IV, World Cup, Yasser Arafat

1284: According to the Lüneburg manuscript, a piper leads 130 children of Hamelin away. 1483: The Duke of Gloucester becomes

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