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1985: Mikhail Gorbachev

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – March 11

11/03/202110/03/2021 YA Reporter Auschwitz, Franklin D Roosevelt, Goths, Keith Emerson, Lithuania, Madrid, March 11, Mikhail Gorbachev, news, North Korea, Oasis, Queen Anne, Today in history, Verdi

537: Goths lay siege to Rome. 1513: Giovanni de’ Medici chosen as Pope Leo X. 1702: The first English daily

1901: The funeral cortege of Queen Victoria

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – February 2

02/02/202101/02/2021 Mick Ferris Alexander Selkirk, Buddy Holly, Elizabeth Taylor, Estnia, F W de Klerk, February 2, Handel, Haydn, Idi Amin, Joachin Phoenix, Joe Orton, Keith Emerson, King Stephen, Robert Walpole, Rossini, Sinatra, Skinny Puppy, Today in history, Ulysses, Yoko Ono, York Cathedral

1141: King Stephen is captured by forces loyal to Empress Matilda at the Battle of Lincoln. 1349: At least 200

Keith Emerson. The exception to the rule about meeting your heroes

The gentle barbarian

15/03/202014/03/2020 Edward Case columnist, Edward Case, Keith Emerson, rugby

Never meet your heroes they say – the idea being that they can never measure up to what you perceive