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1974: Deep Purple's Richie Blackmore plays to a crowd of 250,000 at the California Jam

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It happened today – this day in history – April 6

06/04/202205/04/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, April 6, Bavaria, Beach Boys, Beatles, California Jam, COVID-19, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, George II, Grand National, Julius Ceasar, Maradona, Martin Luther King, news, Peary, Pink Floyd, Raphael, Richard I, Rolling Stones, RUC, Rwanda, Second World War, Today in history, William Pitt the Elder, Wordsworth

46BC: Julius Ceasar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus. 1199: Death of Richard

1958: Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato, and Cheryl Crane

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It happened today – this day in history – April 4

04/04/202203/04/2022 YA Reporter April 4, Beatles, Beyonce, Bezos, Bill Wyman, Charlton Heston, Cheryl Crane, Commonwealth Games, Eurovision Song Contest, Grand National, Greenham Common, Martin Luther King, Microsoft, Napoleon, news, Orkney Islands, Second World War, Senegal, Sir Francis Drake, Today in history, Tsar Alexander II

1406: Death of Robert III, King of Scots. 1558: Ivan the Terrible gives parts of north Russia to fur traders.

1941: Virginia Woolf

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It happened today – this day in history – March 28

28/03/202227/03/2022 YA Reporter Ankara, Beatles, Brahms, Crimean War, Hillsborough, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Justin Bieber, Kate Bush, March 28, Martin Luther King, Mexico, news, Peninsula War, Pertinax, Second World War, Spanish Civil War, Three Mile Island, Today in history, Vikings, Virginia Woolf, washing machine

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

2001: Russell Crowe wins the best actor Oscar for his role as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator

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It happened today – this day in history – March 25

25/03/202224/03/2022 YA Reporter Abyssinia, Beatles, common market, Concorde, David Trimble, East Germany, Elvis Presley, Grand National, John Lennon, King Faisal, March 25, Martin Luther King, Mike Tyson, Mt Etna, news, Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Cruddas, Prince of Wales, Richard I, Robert the Bruce, Russell Crowe, Shelley, Stravinsky, Today in history, Treaty of Rome, Yoko Ono, Zayn Malik

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

1784: The Emerald Buddha of Thailand

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It happened today – this day in history – March 22

22/03/202221/03/2022 YA Reporter Bill Shankly, Brian Faulkner, bullion, Carl Perkins, Eta, Ethelred, Football League, Grand Coulee Dam, Grand National, Hamas, Indira Gandhi, James Stewart, Jamestown, Laser, Lithuania, March 22, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, news, Profumo, Reform Act, Second World War, Sheffield United, Thailand, Thomas Jefferson, Today in history, Trump, Westminster Bridge, Yassin

871: Ethelred van Wessex defeats the Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. 1349: Townspeople of Fulda, Germany, massacre

1960: The Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa

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It happened today – this day in history – March 21

21/03/202220/03/2022 YA Reporter Alcatraz, Ant McPartlin, Beatles, Beethoven, Ethiopia, Eurovision Song Contest, Facebook, Grand National, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hakodate, Henry Morton Stanley, Henry V, Heseltine, Iran, James I, Joe Louis, March 21, Margaret Thatcher, Martin Luther King, Milly Dowler, Namibia, news, Queen Anne, Rugby Union, Second World War, Sharpeville Massacre, Springsteen, Tennessee Williams, Today in history

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

1959: Founding of Motown Records

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It happened today – this day in history – January 12

12/01/202211/01/2022 YA Reporter Angry Brigade, Haiti, Handel, Idi Amin, January 12, Martin Luther King, Motown, Muhammad Ali, National Trust, news, O J Simpson, Prince Edward, Second World War, Sergio Aguero, South Vietnam, Stalin, supermarket, Sven Goran Eriksson, Today in history, Zanzibar

1528: Gustav I is crowned King of Sweden. 1723: George Frideric Handel’s opera “Ottone” premieres at the King’s Theatre, London.

2007: Led Zeppelin make a triumphant return at the O2 (Photo: Celebration Day)

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It happened today – this day in history – December 10

10/12/202109/12/2021 YA Reporter December 10, Desmond Tutu, Eddie Kidd, Edward VIII, Frank Zappa, George Bernard Shaw, George VI, Jacobites, Led Zeppelin, Marie Curie, Mark Twain, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Mississippi, news, Niels Bohr, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama, Rudyard Kipling, Second World War, Sumatra, Theodore Roosevelt, Theresa May, Today in history, Woodrow Wilson, Zanzibar

1394: James I of Scotland is born in Dunfermline Palace. 1510: Muslim ruler of Goa, Yusuf Adil Shah and his

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 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

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