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1968: Donn Eisele and Wally Schirra transmit from Apollo 7

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It happened today – this day in history – October 14

14/10/202113/10/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Apollo 7, Arafat, Aung San Suu Kyi, Battle of Hastings, Cecil Parkinson, Churchill, Columbus, Edward II, Haile Selassie, Harvey Weinstein, Martin Luther King, Mary Queen of Scots, news, October 14, Olympics, Peres, rabin, Robert the Bruce, Second World War, Senghenydd Colliery, Sinatra, Today in history, Winnie the Pooh, Yeager

1066: The Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who

2019: Boris Johnson prorogues Parliament (Photo: House of Commons)

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It happened today – this day in history – August 28

28/08/202127/08/2021 YA Reporter Allen Klein, August 28, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Boris Johnson, Charles I, Emmett Til, First World War, Henry Hudson, Martin Luther King, news, Northern Lights, Oasis, Olympics, Pepsi Cola, Prince William of Gloucester, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Sunday trading, Today, Tony Blair, Wagner

1189: Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan. 1521: Belgrade is captured by troops of Turkish Sultan

1978: Ricky Villa (left) and Ossie Ardiles with Spurs manager Keith Burkinshaw

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It happened today – this day in history – July 10

10/07/202109/07/2021 YA Reporter Alexandra Palace, Bahamas, Battle of Britain, Beatles, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Boris Yeltsin, Cher, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard, Cream, Darroch, Dublin, Franklin D Roosevelt, George II, Greenland, Greenpeace, Hadrian, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Howard Hughes, John Paul Getty III, Josie Russell, Julius Ceasar, July 10, Lady Godiva, Lady Jane Grey, Louise Woodward, Martin Luther King, Millard Fillmour, news, News of the World, Oliver Cromwell, Ossie Ardiles, Parking meters, Richard of York, Ricky Villa, Rimbaud, Sicily, Today in history, Tottenham Hotspur, War of the Roses, William of Orange, William Whitelaw, Wyoming

48BC: Julius Ceasar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania).

1968: Dr Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis

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It happened today – this day in history – April 4

04/04/202103/04/2021 YA Reporter Alexander II, April 4, Beatles, Ben Hur, Bill Wyman, Bobby Charlton, Bucks Fizz, Commonwealth Games, Duncan Edwards, Elvis Presley, Eurovision, Francis Drake, Greenham Common, Martin Luther King, Microsoft, Napoleon, news, Procol Harum, Today in history

1406: Death of Robert III, King of Scots. 1581: Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard the Golden

1979: Three Mile Island nuclear power plant

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It happened today – this day in history – March 28

28/03/202127/03/2021 YA Reporter BBC Radio Five Live, Beatles, Bieber, Billie Holiday, Brahms, Crimean War, Hillsborough, Istanbul, James Callaghan, Jerusalem, March 28, Martin Luther King, news, Spanish Civil War, Three Mile Island, Today in history

193AD: Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.

1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono spend their honeymoon in bed at the Amsterdam Hilton

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It happened today – this day in history – March 25

25/03/202124/03/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Botham, common market, Concorde, Costner, Debussy, Elvis Presley, Etna, Eurovision, Grand National, Lennon, March 25, Martin Luther King, news, One Direction, Ozzy Osbourne, Prince Charles, Richard I, Robert the Bruce, Saudi Arabia, Shelley, Today in history, Trimble, Tyson, Yoko Ono

1199: Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leads to his death on April 6. 1306:

1941 and 1944: James Stewart

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It happened today – this day in history – March 22

22/03/202121/03/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Ebola, Eta, Football League, Hamas, James Stewart, Laser, Lumiere, March 22, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, news, Profumo, Shankly, Sheffield United, Today in history, Trump, Westminster Bridge

871: Ethelred van Wessex defeats the Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. 1421: The French defeat the English

1963: Alcatraz Prison closes

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It happened today – this day in history – March 21

21/03/202120/03/2021 YA Reporter Alcatraz, Ant McPartlin, Beatles, Beethoven, Dana, Ethiopia, Hakodate, Henry V, Iran, James I, March 21, Martin Luther King, Milly Dowler, news, Pocahontas, Potsdam, Queen Anne, Sharpeville, Thatcher, Today in history

1413: Henry of Monmouth, Prince of Wales, becomes King Henry V of England. 1610: King James I of England and

1947: Test pilot Chuck Yeager

It happened today – this day in history – October 14

14/10/202013/10/2020 Mick Ferris Apollo 7, Battle of Hastings, Brezhnev, Cecil Parkinson, Christopher Columbus, Chuck Yeager, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Haile Selassie, Harvey Weinstein, history, Khrushchev, Leonard Bernstein, Martin Luther King, Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Rand, October 14, Robert the Bruce, Sinatra, Sobibor, Winnie the Pooh, Winston Churchill

1066: The Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who

1963: Civil rights leaders (Martin Luther King second left) link arms in front of marchers on Constitution Avenue

It happened today – this day in history – August 28

28/08/202027/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 28, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Boris Johnson, Herschel, history, Isaac Hayes, Kirby, Martin Luther King, Oasis, Olympics, Rolling Stones, Sebastian Coe, Tony Blair, Wagner

1189: Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan. 1521: Belgrade is captured by troops of Turkish Sultan

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