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1967: John Newcombe is presented with the men's singles trophy at Wimbledon on the first day of colour TV transmission in the UK

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It happened today – this day in history – July 1

01/07/202301/07/2023 YA Reporter Arafat, Battle of the Boyne, Battle of the Somme, Beatles, Canada, Castro, Einstein, Gettysburg, Goths, Hong Kong, July 1, Napoleon, news, North Pole, Northern Ireland, Olympic Games, Philby, Pinochet, Prince of Wales, Princess Diana, Sarah Payne, Saturn, Sebastopol, Sir Thomas More, smoking, Sony, sunglasses, tennis, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Tour de France

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

1977: Elvis Presley's final performance

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It happened today – this day in history – June 26

26/06/202325/06/2023 YA Reporter Arafat, Bowie, Boxer uprising, Branson, cricket, Derry, Edward VII, Eisenhower, European Championship, First World War, golf, Guerin, Hamelin, Hong Kong, Indira Gandhi, Inquisition, Iraq, Iwo Jima, John F Kennedy, June 26, Mahler, Matt Hancock, news, Pizarro, Richard III, Second World War, Today in history, toothbrush, Wagner, William IV

1267: The Inquisition forms in Rome under Pope Clement IV. 1284: According to the Lüneburg manuscript, a piper leads 130

1873: The ruins of Alexandra Palace

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It happened today – this day in history – June 9

09/06/202308/06/2023 YA Reporter Alexandra Palace, Biden, Bob Dylan, boxing, Capone, Cartier, Churchill, dentures, Donald Duck, Edward VII, Gatwick, Gaughin, Hong Kong, June 9, Lebanon, Louis XIV, Mormons, NASA, Nero, news, Richard Pryor, Second World War, Snowden, Springsteen, tennis, Thatcher, Today in history

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

2017: Arsène Wenger

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It happened today – this day in history – May 27

27/05/202327/05/2023 YA Reporter Afghanistan, Battle of Tsushima, Calvin, Cannes, Champions League, Chrysler Building, Dunkirk, European Cup, FA Cup, habeas corpus, Hong Kong, Kenya, May 27, Milosevic, Nehru, news, North Pole, San Francisco, Sartre, Second World War, Solzhenitsyn, St Petersburg, Stone Roses, Today in history, Tsar Alexander III, Turkey, Uffizi Museum

1199: John is crowned King of England after the death of his brother Richard I 1564: Death of Protestant religious

1999: Sir Alf Ramsey

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It happened today – this day in history – April 28

28/04/202328/04/2023 YA Reporter Academy Awards, Agassi, Alf Ramsey, April 28, Baader, Billy the Kid, Captain James Cook, Charles de Gaulle, Charlton, Eisenhower, FA Cup, Glenn Miller, Hair, Heyerdahl, HMS Bounty, Hong Kong, iTunes, King John, Moscow, Muhammad Ali, Mussolini, NASA, news, Pavarotti, Princip, Tasmania, Today in history, Ukraine, Vietnam

1202: King Philip II expels King John of England from France. 1770: Captain James Cook lands at Botany Bay, Australia.

1989: Boris Yeltsin

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It happened today – this day in history – March 26

26/03/202325/03/2023 YA Reporter Academy Awards, Bangladesh, Begin, boxing, Brenton Tarrant, Caracas, Carter, Doctor Who, George Bernard Shaw, Grand National, Henley Regatta, Hong Kong, Iwo Jima, March 26, Mike Tyson, Napoleon, news, Picasso, Ptolemy, Richard III, Rommel, Sadat, Salk, SDP, Second World War, stock exchange, Today in history, Trump, William Whitelaw, Wyman, Yeltsin

127AD: Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy begins his observations of the heavens. 1668: England takes control of Bombay. 1780: The

1969: Margaret Court

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It happened today – this day in history – January 26

26/01/202325/01/2023 YA Reporter American Civil War, Clinton, Cullinan, Edward III, Hong Kong, Isaac Newton, January 26, John Logie Baird, Kashmir, Kobe Bryant, Margaret Court, Mozart, news, Oscar Wilde, Second World War, Spanish Civil War, Super Bowl, Synge, television, Today in history

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

2009: Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States

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It happened today – this day in history – January 20

20/01/202320/01/2023 YA Reporter Bartok, Biden, Buddy Holly, China, Clinton, Edward VIII, Franklin D Roosevelt, George H W Bush, George V, Hong Kong, January 20, Japan, John F Kennedy, Monkees, news, Nixon, Obama, Olympics, Ozzy Osbourne, Reagan, Richard II, Second World War, Sudan, Suez Canal, Super Bowl, Terry Waite, Today in history

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

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It happened today – this day in hitory – December 19

19/12/202219/12/2022 YA Reporter BBC, December 19, Dickens, Eisenhower, Elvis Presley, Gatwick, Hawaii, Henry II, Hitler, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Idi Amin, Kitchener, Kubrick, Libya, news, Penlee, Rayon, Today in history, William Pitt the Younger, World Cup, Yeltsin

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

1971: Smoke on the water, fire in the sky – Montreux Casino

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It happened today – this day in history – December 4

04/12/202205/12/2022 YA Reporter Balfour, birth control, Bonnie Prince Charlie, CIA, December 4, Fatty Arbuckle, Frank Zappa, Gemini 7, Henry III, Hong Kong, James Knox Polk, James Monroe, Kaka, Led Zeppelin, NASA, news, Northern Ireland, Observer, Pope Adrian IV, Sartre, SAS, Schumann, Second World War, Sex Pistols, Suleiman, Today in history, Trump

1123: Death of Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyám. 1154: Nicholas Breakspear is elected Pope Adrian IV, the

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