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1978: Terry Kath

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It happened today – this day in history – January 23

23/01/202222/01/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Beatles, Belfast, Bez, Bjorn Borg, China, Daniel Pearl, Earl of Moray, El Salvador, Elvis Presley, English Civil War, Graham Gooch, Istanbul, January 23, Java, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kim Philby, Kuwait, Montana, news, Nixon, Pink Floyd, Pluto, rail crash, Ramsay MacDonald, Second World War, Terry Kath, Today in history, Young Turks, zika virus

1368: Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as Hongwu Emperor, initiating the Ming Dynasty. 1556: The deadliest earthquake

1876: Wild Bill Hickok

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – August 2

02/08/202101/08/2021 YA Reporter August 2, Barbed wire, Bologna, Charles de Gaulle, Duke of Edinburgh, GMT, Gower, Hannibal, Hudson, Iraq, John F Kennedy, Kuwait, Lewis Carroll, Napoleon, NASA, news, Olympics, Today in history, Treblinka, USS Indianapolis, Vietnam, Wild Bill Hickok, William II

216BC: The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae during the Second

1999: Author Stephen King is almost killed when he is run down by a van

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It happened today – this day in history – June 19

19/06/202118/06/2021 YA Reporter Dean Martin, Ethel Rosenberg, Evander Holyfield, George V, Ian Botham, Italy, Jerry Lewis, Julius Rosenberg, June 19, Kuwait, Lord Lucan, Louis IV, Marilyn Monroe, Maximillian I, Metropolitan Police, news, Nurmi, Paul McCartney, Pele, Robert the Bruce, Schmelling, Sir Robert Peel, Stephen King, Today in history, UFO, William Whitelaw, Windsor, World Cup

987: Louis IV is crowned king of France. 1306: The Earl of Pembroke’s army defeats Robert Bruce’s Scottish army at

1991: Winnie Mandela

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It happened today – this day in history – May 14

14/05/202113/05/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Bobby Moore, Cape Canaveral, Edward Jenner, Elvis Presley, Fairport Convention, Frank Sinatra, Henry III, Israel, Jamestown, Keith Relf, Kuwait, Led Zeppelin, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, May 14, Mendelssohn, news, NSPCC, Paraguay, Phil Spector, Rommel, Skylab, smallpox, Stirling Moss, Tiananmen Square, Today in history, Warsaw Pact, Winnie Mandela

1264: Simon de Montfort the younger, Earl of Leicester, defeats Henry III at the Battle of Lewes in the 2nd

1991: So-called Highway of Death in Iraq after coalition planes repeatedly bombed it during Operation Desert Storm

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 26

26/02/202125/02/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Beirut, Charlie Chaplin, Christopher Marlowe, Churchill, February 26, Galileo, Golden Gate Bridge, Grand National, Gulf War, Ibsen, Kuwait, Luftwaffe, Napoleon, news, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Today in history, World Trade Centre

1564: Birth of dramatist Christopher Marlowe in Canterbury. 1606: First known European landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Jansz.

1983: Motown bass player James Jamerson

It happened today – this day in history – August 2

02/08/202001/08/2020 Mick Ferris Apple, August 2, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Gulf War, history, Iraq, James Jamerson, King William II, Kuwait, Lewis Carroll, Motown, Mussolini, Napoleon, Olympics, Warren G Harding, Wild Bill Hickok

216BC: The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae during the Second

1859: Johannes Brahms

It happened today – this day in history – January 22

22/01/202021/01/2020 Mick Ferris Brahms, Foreman, history, Holly, January 22, Kuwait, Ledger, Lennon, Victoria

1371: King Robert II of Scotland is crowned, becoming the first monarch of the House of Stewart. 1506: The first