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2019: David Gilmour and his iconic black Fender Stratocaster

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – June 20

20/06/202119/06/2021 YA Reporter Alaska, Bugsy Siegel, David Bowie, David Gilmour, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, John Major, Juan Peron, June 20, Lizzie Borden, Louis XVI, Muhammad Ali, news, O J Simpson, Oxford University, Queen Victoria, Roberto Durán, Samuel Morse, Tobruk, Today in history

451: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in north east France. 1214: The University of Oxford receives its

1982: The sinking of HMS Coventry

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 25

25/05/202124/05/2021 YA Reporter Arthur C Clarke, Camelot, Charles II, Falklands, George Floyd, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gorbachev, Harvey Weinstein, HMS Coventry, Jesse Owens, Jordan, Kennedy, Liverpool, Martin Luther, May 25, news, Noel Gallagher, Oscar Wilde, Richard Cromwell, Skylab, Star Wars, Today in history, Ypres

1521: The Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther and his followers. 1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England,

1961: Alan Shepard

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 5

05/05/202104/05/2021 YA Reporter Afrikaan, Alan Shepard, Amy Johnson, Bobby Sands, Charles I, Columbus, Dixie Dean, Dönitz, FA Cup, Gandhi, Jesse Owens, Kublai Khan, Mark Selby, May 5, Napoleon, news, Rolling Stones, SAS, Sir Alex Ferguson, Today in history, Tony Blair, Trautmann

1260: Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire. 1494: Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at

1963: Ready Steady Go host Cathy McGowan and Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones

It happened today – this day in history – August 9

09/08/202008/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 9, Cliff Richard, Cromwell, Daley Thompson, Edward VII, Gallipoli, Gerald Ford, history, Jesse Owens, Joe Orton, Julius Ceasar, Nagasaki, Napoleon, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Queen, Ready Steady Go, Sharon Tate, Usain Bolt

48BC: Julius Ceasar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 681: Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on

1969: George Harrison shows Ringo Starr his new modular Moog synthesiser at EMI Studios, Abbey Road

It happened today – this day in history – August 5

05/08/202005/08/2020 Mick Ferris Adam Peaty, Aerosmith, Andy Capp, August 5, Beatles, David Bowie, First World War, George Harrison, Henry I, history, James Brown, Jeff Porcaro, Jesse Owens, Marilyn Monroe, Moog, Olympics, Richard Nixon, William Wallace

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

2000: HRH The Queen Mother

It happened today – this day in history – August 4

04/08/202003/08/2020 Mick Ferris Anne Frank, August 4, Churchill, Fanny Blankers-Koen, history, Holly Wells, Jesse Owens, Jessica Chapman, Lizzie Borden, Mandela, Mark Duggan, Mozart, Oscar Pistorius, Queen Mother, Robert Plant

1265: Prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort the younger at the Battle of Evesham. 1306: Wenceslaus III of Bohemia is

1936: Jesse Owens

It happened today – this day in history – August 3

03/08/202002/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 3, Beatles, Columbus, Coolidge, Ealing Broadway, history, Jesse Owens, Olympics, Patton, Paul McCartney, Rossini, Syria, Thierry Henry

1460: Death of King James II of Scotland aged 29. 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with