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1969: Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales

News Today in History

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

News Today in History

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

News Today in History

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

News Today in History

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

News Today in History

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

1979: Sony Walkman

It happened today – this day in history – July 1

01/07/202030/06/2020 Mick Ferris Battle of the Boyne, Canada, Einstein, Gettysburg, history, Hong Kong, July 1, Napoleon, Olympic Games, Sarah Payne, Virginia Wade, Walkman

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

1934: Donald Duck

It happened today – this day in history – June 9

09/06/202002/06/2021 Mick Ferris Alexandra Palace, Churchill, Dickens, Donald Duck, Edward Snowden, history, Hong Kong, June 9, Liam Gallagher, Pryor, Rik Mayall, Thatcher

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

1940: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk

It happened today – this day in history – May 27

27/05/202021/05/2021 Mick Ferris Bismarck, Dunkirk, history, Hong Kong, Jolie, Liam Gallagher, Liverpool, May 27, Milosevic, Nehru, Queen Mary, Reeve

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