It happened today – this day in history – July 22
1099: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem during the
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It happened today – this day in history – June 14
1381: Richard II meets leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. 1645: The Tower of London is stormed The “New
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It happened today – this day in history – May 24
15BC: Birth of Julius Caesar Germanicus. 1153: Malcolm IV becomes King of Scots. 1543: Death of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus aged
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It happened today – this day in history – May 12
1191: Richard I (the Lionheart) marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus. 1215: English barons serve an ultimatum on King John
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It happened today – this day in history – April 12
1204: The 4th Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople. 1654: Ordinance of Union between England and Scotland passed by the Council
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It happened today – this day in history – April 7
1724: Bach’s “St John Passion” premieres in Leipzig. 1739: Highwayman Dick Turpin is executed for horse theft. 1770: Birth of
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It happened today – on this day in history – February 12
1130: Pope Innocent II elected. 1502: Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on his second voyage to India. 1554:
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It happened today – this day in history – December 19
1154: Henry II is crowned king of England. 1642: Four of Abel Tasman’s crew are killed at Wharewharangi Bay by
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It happened today – this day in history – December 12
1694: The Royal Society censures Edmond Halley for suggesting in a paper titled ‘Some considerations about the cause of the
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Talking ’bout my generation
In 1965, Pete Townshend wrote the line “Hope I die before I get old.” It’s a line that has followed
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