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1977: Aftermath of the plane crash that killed Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and backing singer Cassie Gaines

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It happened today – this day in history – October 20

20/10/202119/10/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Ayrton Senna, Dalai Lama, First Crusade, First World War, Gadaffi, George I, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mandela, news, October 20, Olympics, RMS Olympic, Schubert, Second World War, thanksgiving, Today in history, Tolkien, Trump, Westphalia

1097: Crusaders arrive in Antioch during the First Crusade. 1632: Birth of architect Christopher Wren in Wilts. 1714: Georg Ludwig

1980: St Gotthard road tunnel

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It happened today – this day in history – September 5

05/09/202104/09/2021 YA Reporter Athletico Madrid, Beatles, Cassius Clay, Catherine Parr, Edward VII, First Opium War, First World War, Franklin D Roosevelt, Great Fire Of London, John Lennon, Mandela, news, Olympics, Rolling Stones, Sadat, Saddam Hussein, Sam Houston, Second World War, September 5, St Gotthard Tunnel, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, Woodrow Wilson

1548: Death of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII. 1638: Birth of Louis XIV in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.

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It happened today – this day in history – June 30

30/06/202129/06/2021 YA Reporter Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Gandhi, June 30, Keith Richards, Kim Jong-un, Mandela, Mick Jagger, Montezuma, Muhammad Ali, news, Niagara Falls, Novichok, O J Simpson, Pearl Jam, Rwanda, Soyuz 11, Superman, Today in history, Trump, Tunguska, William Rees Mogg, World Cup

1520: Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernan Cortes. Aztec emperor Montezuma

1990: Nelson Mandela and President George Bush meet at the White House

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It happened today – this day in history – June 25

25/06/202124/06/2021 YA Reporter Admadinejad, Arif Mardin, Barbed wire, Beatles, Boulder Dam, Christie, Custer, Edward V, Eisenhower, Finland, Heathrow, Iggy Pop, International Court of Justice, June 25, Korean War, Little Big Horn, Liverpool, Luis Suarez, Madagascar, Mandela, Michael Jackson, Mozambique, Navratilova, New Model Army, news, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Soweto, Today in history, Tony Hancock, Watergate, World Cup

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

1982: Argentinian prisoners of war are marched in Port Stanley after they surrendered in the Falklands War

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It happened today – this day in history – June 14

14/06/202113/06/2021 YA Reporter Babbage, Boston Strangler, Chaco War, Falklands, Grenfell, HMS Bounty, June 14, Lennon, Mandela, Mick Jagger, New Model Army, news, Oliver Cromwell, Paris, Reagan, Richard II, Today in history, Vietnam, World Cup

1381: Richard II meets leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. 1645: The Tower of London is stormed The “New

1981: Marcus Sarjeant shoots at HM The Queen. Photo: Georg P. Uebel

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It happened today – this day in history – June 13

13/06/202112/06/2021 YA Reporter Arctic Monkeys, Beatles, Charles I, Exxon Valdez, Gestapo, Guernsey, Hungary, Israel, James Earl Ray, June 13, Kim Jong-il, Le Mans, Louis XVI, Lowestoft, Mandela, Marcus Serjeant, Martin Luther, Mehmet Ali Agca, Michael Jackson, NASA, news, Real Madrid, Rolling Stones, Saudi Arabia, The Queen, Today in history, Volkswagen

1525: Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and

1978: David Berkowitz

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It happened today – this day in history – June 12

12/06/202111/06/2021 YA Reporter Al Capone, Anne Frank, Assam, Beatles, Bill Haley, Boris Yeltsin, Charles II, David Berkowitz, Derek Hatton, Houdini, Indira Gandhi, June 12, KFOR, Lindy Chamberlain, Mandela, New York, news, Nicole Brown, O J Simpson, Radiohead, Today in history, V-1

1381: Rebels arrive at Blackheath during the peasants’ revolt 1665: New Amsterdam legally becomes an English colony and is renamed

1953: Gary Cooper wins the Oscar for his role in the film High Noon

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It happened today – this day in history – March 19

19/03/202118/03/2021 YA Reporter COVID-19, Deladier, Falklands, Gary Cooper, Haydn, High Noon, Lord Snowdon, Mandela, March 19, Nevada, news, Princess Margaret, Randy Rhodes, Sevastopol, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Today in history

1227: Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX. 1571: Spanish troops occupy Manila in The Philippines. 1644: 200 members

1897: Licensed cabs begin operating in London

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It happened today – this day in history – December 6

06/12/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Beatles, Bob Dylan, David Cameron, December 6, Edison, Encyclopedia Brittanica, Gerald Ford, Harefield Hospital, Henry VI, history, Mandela, Rolling Stones, Sid Vicious, slavery, taxicabs

343: Greek Bishop St Nicholas, model for the modern day Father Christmas, dies aged 73. 1240: Mongols under Batu Khan

1960: Cassius Clay wins gold at the Rome Olympics

It happened today – this day in history – September 5

05/09/202005/09/2020 Mick Ferris Beatles, Begim, Cassius Clay, Edward VII, Elvis Presley, Franklin D Roosevelt, Great Fire Of London, history, Kerouac, Lennon, Louis XIV, Mandela, Munich, Olympics, Opium War, Rindt, Sadat, Saddam Hussein, September 5, Tsar Nicholas II, Woodrow Wilson

1548: Death of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII. 1638: Birth of Louis XIV in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.

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