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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

1983: Margaret Thatcher

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It happened today – this day in history – June 9

09/06/202108/06/2021 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alexandra Palace, Bob Dylan, Churchill, Dickens, Donald Duck, Edward Snowden, Edward VII, Gatwick, Hong Kong, House of Commons, Jacques Cartier, June 9, Lidice, Louis XIV, Nero, news, Richard Pryor, Rik Mayall, Springsteen, Thomas Sutherland, Today in history

68AD: Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by

1990: The Stone Roses at Spike Island

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It happened today – this day in history – May 27

27/05/202126/05/2021 YA Reporter Afghanistan, Barcelona, Bismarck, Calvin, Christopher Reeve, Dunkirk, Golden Gate Bridge, habeas corpus, Hong Kong, Jomo Kenyatta, Liam Gallagher, Liverpool, May 27, Nehru, news, Paul McCartney, Peter the Great, RMS Queen Mary, Slobodan Milosevic, Today in history, Uffizi Museum

1564: Death of Protestant religious reformer John Calvin aged 54. 1679: The Habeas Corpus Act (strengthening a person’s right to

1962: Bishop Burke of the Buffalo Catholic dioceses bans The Twist from all Catholic schools

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It happened today – this day in history – January 26

26/01/202128/01/2021 Mick Ferris Auschwitz, Bill Clinton, Billy Joel, Edward III, history, Hong Kong, India, Isaac Newton, January 26, John Logie Baird, Kobe Bryant, Mozart, Oscar Wilde, Synge, The Twist, Winter Olympics

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

Leader of Essex County Council, David Finch

Essex unable to utilise China link over Hong Kong concerns

15/07/202015/07/2020 Piers Meyler China, Cllr David Finch, Essex County Council, Hong Kong, news

Essex County Council has said it is not in a position to use its cultural and business links with China

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