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1915: A German zeppelin bombs Southend

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It happened today – this day in history – May 10

10/05/202209/05/2022 YA Reporter Addington, Benjamin Franklin, Beyond The Fringe, Bruce Lee, Churchill, Columbus, Duma, Edward I, European Cup, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, George W Bush, Hess, Imelda Marcos, Indian Mutiny, J Edgar Hoover, Jacques Cartier, Jamaica, Jefferson Davis, Keith Richards, Louis XVI, Mandela, May 10, Napoleon, news, Portugal, Red Cross, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Sinn Féin, Today in history, Trump, Vietnam, William Pitt the Younger, zeppelin

1291: Scottish nobles recognize the authority of English King Edward I. 1503: Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands. 1534: French

1931: Gambling is legalised in the US state of Nevada

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It happened today – this day in history – March 19

19/03/202219/03/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, Basingstoke, Belfast, COVID-19, Deladier, Duke of York, Falkland Islands, Gounod, Havant, Haydn, Iraq War, Mandela, March 19, Milton Keynes, Nevada, New Zealand, news, Oscars, Pope Gregory IX, Princess Margaret, Randy Rhodes, Rugby Union, Second World War, Sevastopol, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Today in history, Wouk, Zwicky

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

1969: The Rolling Stones at Altamont (Photo: Gimme Shelter)

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It happened today – this day in history – December 6

06/12/202105/12/2021 YA Reporter Balcombe Street seige, Beatles, Calvin Coolidge, David Cameron, December 6, Dylan, Edison, Encyclopedia Brittanica, First World War, Gerald Ford, Henry VI, Jacobites, Mandela, Mongols, NASA, news, Northern Ireland, Quito, Rolling Stones, Schumann, Second World War, Sid Vicious, taxicabs, Today in history, Trump

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

1992: The Hubble telescope

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It happened today – this day in history – December 5

05/12/202104/12/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Jackson, Beatles, Berlioz, Blackbeard, California Gold Rush, Charlemagne, Civil Partnership Act, Columbus, December 5, Einstein, Fiji, First World War, George Washington, Hubble Telescope, Jim Bakker, Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Celeste, MAxwell, Monty Python's Flying Circus, news, O J Simpson, Olympics, Omaha, Paul McCartney, prohibition, Pyongyang, Second World War, Thomas Jefferson, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, Weimar

771: Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 1456: An earthquake strikes

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 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

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