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1945: Gen Alfred Jodl signs the German surrender

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It happened today – this day in history – May 7

07/05/202206/05/2022 YA Reporter Alfred Jodl, Alfred Nobel, Beethoven, Chirac, dynamite, Elton John, European Cup, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, Glenn Miller, Greece, Hagia Sophia, HMS Victory, Joan of Arc, Leonid Brezhnev, Louis XIV, Maastricht, May 7, NATO, New Orleans, news, Old Trafford, Otto von Bismarck, Pope John Paul II, Putin, RMS Lusitania, Second World War, South Africa, Theatre Royal, Today in history

558: The dome of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul collapses. 1429: The siege of Orleans is broken by Joan of

1970: Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister as the Tories win the general election

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It happened today – this day in history – June 18

18/06/202117/06/2021 YA Reporter Aids, Amelia Earhart, Atlantic City, Charles de Gaulle, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Edward Heath, Eqypt, General Election, Jimmy Carter, Joe Louis, Johnny Rotten, June 18, Lennon, Leonid Brezhnev, Lord Haw Haw, Lurgan, Napoleon, news, Sally Ride, Sex Pistols, Staines, Ted Kaczynski, Tim Peake, Today in history, Waterloo, Yeltsin

1264: The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in Co Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.

1946: Patents are filed in the US for the H-bomb

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It happened today – this day in history – May 26

26/05/202125/05/2021 YA Reporter Akihito, Anthony Eden, apartheid, Aston Villa, Beatles, Calvin, Cassidy, Churchill, Coolidge, Donald Trump, Garibaldi, Gary Lineker, H-Bomb, helicopter, Herbert Asquith, Java, John Lennon, Le Mans, Lenin, Leonid Brezhnev, Lisa Marie Presley, Manchester United, Michael Jackson, Napoleon, news, Real Madrid, Richard Nixon, SALT, Tara, Thomas Cook, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, Vauxhall Bridge, Yoko Ono

1538: Geneva expels protestant reformer John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for

1963: Jack Ruby (bottom right) points his gun at Lee Harvey Oswald

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It happened today – this day in history – November 24

24/11/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Apollo 12, Beatles, Bristol, Darwin, Freddie Mercury, Gerald Ford, history, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leonid Brezhnev, Luftwaffe, Mnangagwa, Mussolini, November 24, Oliver Cromwell, River Thames, Tasmania

1434: The River Thames freezes over in London. 1542: The English beat Scottish King James V at the Battle of

1931 Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in Cimarron

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It happened today – this day in history – November 10

10/11/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Berlin Wall, Cimarron, George II, history, Kaiser Wilhelm, Leonid Brezhnev, Louise Woodward, Marvin Hagler, Michael Foot, November 10, Walt Disney

1483: Birth of Martin Luther in Saxony. 1683: Birth of future King George II of Gt Britain and Ireland in