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1953: John Christie

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It happened today – this day in history – June 25

25/06/202224/06/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Admadinejad, Amnesty International, Beatles, Burnley, cricket, Custer, Edward V, Finland, Glastonbury, Heathrow, Hollies, John Christie, June 25, League of Nations, Madagascar, Mandela, Michael Jackson, Mozambique, New Model Army, news, Rugby League, Sarazen, Second World War, Siberia, Soweto, Stravinsky, Today in history, Tony Hancock, Tsar Nicholas II, Watergate, Wimbledon, World Cup

1483: Parliament declares Edward V as illegitimate based on his parent’s alleged bigamous marriage. 1646: Thomas Fairfax’s New Model Army

2004: First hi-res colour photo of the surface of Mars

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It happened today – this day in history – January 25

25/01/202224/01/2022 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Boleyn, Antarctica, Beatles, Beckham, David Owen, Edison, Edward III, El Salvador, Electoral Commission, Eric Cantona, Henry VIII, Idi Amin, January 25, League of Nations, Mars, Mendelssohn, Napoleon, NASA, Nellie Bly, news, Paul McCartney, Rossini, Roy Jenkins, Russia, São Paulo, Shirley Williams, Today in history, Trump, William Rodgers, Winter Olympics

1327: Edward III acceeds to the English throne after the abdication of Edward II. 1533: Henry VIII marries his second

1863: Opening of the first underground rail link in London, the Metropolitan Railway

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It happened today – this day in history – January 10

10/01/202209/01/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, Beachy Head, Belfast, Charles I, Elvis Presley, Florida, Harold Macmillan, Ivory Coast, January 10, Julius Caesar, League of Nations, Lord Kitchener, Lorena Bobbitt, Mendelssohn, Metropolis, Metropolitan Railway, Napoleon, news, Pancho Villa, penny post, Putney, RCA, Rolling Stones, Rubicon, Second World War, Sinclair C5, Stalingrad, tea, Today in history, Trotsky, United Nations

49BC: Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war which would lead

1950: Atomic scientist Bruno Pontecorvo

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It happened today – this day in history – October 27

27/10/202126/10/2021 YA Reporter Boggs, Bruno Pontecorvo, Catalan, Charles I, Cuban Missile Crisis, Elton John, Garibaldi, James Dean, James II, Jeremy Thorpe, League of Nations, Lennon, Lurgan, MI5, Mormons, news, October 27, Today in history, Vettel, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, water skis, Wednesbury, Woodrow Wilson, Zaire

939: Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England. 1644: Charles I defeats parliamentary armies at the Second Battle of