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2012: The Olympic Games open in London

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It happened today – this day in history – July 27

27/07/202126/07/2021 YA Reporter Atlanta, Bank of England, Bezos, Bugs Bunny, Edward Heath, Gooch, insulin, Jim Laker, July 27, King John, Lennon, news, Nixon, Olympics, Queen Anne, Robespierre, Shearer, Today in history, Vincent van Gogh, Walter Raleigh

1214: King John of England loses Normandy and his other possessions in France to Philip II of France (hence his

1968: Ronan Point

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 16

16/05/202115/05/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Academy Awards, Alex Almond, Andrew Johnson, Bill Gates, Billie Holiday, Dambusters, Edgar Allen Poe, Emil Jannings, Florence, George Michael, Gorbachev, Gordon Cooper, Israel, Janet Gaynor, Jeremy Kyle, Jim Henson, Jim Laker, Joan of Arc, John Prescott, Keith Richards, Marie Antoinette, Mary Queen of Scots, May 16, Muhammad Ali, news, Pete Townshend, Ronan Point, Sadio Mané, Sir Thomas More, The Queen, Today in history

1527: Florence becomes a republic. 1532: Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor. 1568: Mary, Queen of Scots flees to