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2011: Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock

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It happened today – this day in history – May 22

22/05/202222/05/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, AC Milan, Adam Ant, Alexander the Great, Apollo 10, Belfast, Blackwall Tunnel, Copernicus, Derry, Elvis Presley, First World War, HMS Beagle, Jerry Lee Lewis, Klu Klux Klan, Lee Rigby, Manchester Arena, May 22, Mendelssohn, Microsoft, news, Nixon, Orient Express, Saladin, Second World War, Sherlock, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Wars of the Roses, Yorkshire Ripper, Zuckerberg

334BC: The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia at the Battle of the Granicus. 1176:

1976: Keith Relf

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It happened today – this day in history – May 14

14/05/202213/05/2022 YA Reporter Anne Frank, Aswan High Dam, Ballymurphy, Barcelona, Battle of Cape Finisterre, Beatles, Bobby Moore, Cape Canaveral, Edward Jenner, Elvis Presley, FA Cup, Fairport Convention, Henry III, Illustrated London News, Israel, Jamestown, Keith Relf, Kuwait, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Manchester City, Manchester United, May 14, Mendelssohn, news, NSPCC, Paraguay, Phil Spector, Second World War, Skylab, Stirling Moss, Tiananmen Square, Today in history, Vaseline, Warsaw Pact, Winnie Mandela

1264: Simon de Montfort the younger, Earl of Leicester, defeats Henry III at the Battle of Lewes in the 2nd

1968: Radio Caroline (Photo: Martin Dalton)

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It happened today – this day in history – March 3

03/03/202202/03/2022 YA Reporter Andrew Jackson, Apollo 9, BArbican, Bethnal Green, Dillinger, Elvis Presley, Gandhi, Gladstone, Haydn, Hockey, insulin, March 3, Mendelssohn, miners' strike, news, Radio Caroline, Rodney King, Russian Revolution, Second Opium War, Second World War, Texas, Today in history, Tsar Alexander II, Tuam

1409: The Austrian civil war ends. 1431: Bishop Gabriele Condulmer is elected as Pope Eugene IV. 1794: First performance of

2004: First hi-res colour photo of the surface of Mars

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It happened today – this day in history – January 25

25/01/202224/01/2022 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Boleyn, Antarctica, Beatles, Beckham, David Owen, Edison, Edward III, El Salvador, Electoral Commission, Eric Cantona, Henry VIII, Idi Amin, January 25, League of Nations, Mars, Mendelssohn, Napoleon, NASA, Nellie Bly, news, Paul McCartney, Rossini, Roy Jenkins, Russia, São Paulo, Shirley Williams, Today in history, Trump, William Rodgers, Winter Olympics

1327: Edward III acceeds to the English throne after the abdication of Edward II. 1533: Henry VIII marries his second

1863: Opening of the first underground rail link in London, the Metropolitan Railway

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It happened today – this day in history – January 10

10/01/202209/01/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, Beachy Head, Belfast, Charles I, Elvis Presley, Florida, Harold Macmillan, Ivory Coast, January 10, Julius Caesar, League of Nations, Lord Kitchener, Lorena Bobbitt, Mendelssohn, Metropolis, Metropolitan Railway, Napoleon, news, Pancho Villa, penny post, Putney, RCA, Rolling Stones, Rubicon, Second World War, Sinclair C5, Stalingrad, tea, Today in history, Trotsky, United Nations

49BC: Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war which would lead

1979: Anthony Blunt

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It happened today – this day in history – November 15

15/11/202114/11/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Bonar Law, Anne Boleyn, Beatles, Beirut, Cardinal Wolsey, Churchill, Columbus, Coventry, Henry VIII, Janis Joplin, Kepler, Mendelssohn, Milli Vanilli, Mir, Mugabe, news, November 15, Pitman, Princess Anne, Second World War, Sir Anthony Blunt, Sony, Today in history, Unabomber

1492: Christopher Columbus makes the first recorded reference to tobacco. 1515: Thomas Wolsey is invested as a cardinal. 1532: Pope

1926: Harry Houdini

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It happened today – this day in history – October 24

24/10/202123/10/2021 YA Reporter Concorde, Houdini, Irish Free State, James Brown, James Hunt, Jane Seynour, Jim Bakker, John Allen Muhammad, Keith Richards, Lassell, Lennon, Mendelssohn, news, Niagara Falls, October 24, Paul McCartney, Quisling, Robert Falcon Scott, Schumacher, Sheffield FC, Statue of Liberty, Thirty Years War, Today in history, Wall Street crash, Zambia

1537: Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII dies of post childbirth complications. 1648: The Treaty of Westphalia ends The

2018: Canada legalises cannabis

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It happened today – this day in history – October 17

17/10/202116/10/2021 YA Reporter American Revolutionary War, Beatles, Bessemer, Brexit, cannabis, Charles II, Crimean War, Edison, Edward III, Einstein, First World War, Hatfield train crash, Jacinda Ardern, Listz, Marconi, Matisse, Mendelssohn, Mogadishu, Mother Teresa, news, Northern Ireland, October 17, Olympics, OPEC, Pompeii, Second World War, Sevastopol, The Queen, Today in history, Torquemada, Vesuvius, Yugoslavia

79: Mt. Vesuvius erupts, burying the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing thousands. 1346: King David II of

2014: Kate Bush on stage at Hammersmith Apollo

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It happened today – this day in history – August 26

26/08/202125/08/2021 YA Reporter August 26, Beatles, Edward III, First World War, Isle of Wight, Kaepernick, Kate Bush, Mendelssohn, Michelangelo, Mini, Mnangagwa, news, Olympics, Reading Festival, Second World War, Spanish Civil War, Today in history, typewriter, Zola Budd

1346: Edward III’s longbows defeat Philip VI of France’s army at the Battle of Crécy. Cannons are used for the

1958: Jerry Lee Lewis causes uproar when he arrives in Britain with his teenage wife

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It happened today – this day in history – May 22

22/05/202121/05/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, AC Milan, Adam Ant, Alexander the Great, Apollo 10, Ariana Grande, Blackwall Tunnel, Copernicus, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lee Rigby, Loch Ness monster, Manchester Arena, May 22, Meg White, Mendelssohn, Michael Moore, news, Orient Express, Public Enemy, Richard Nixon, Robbie Williams, Saladin, Sri Lanka, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Verdun, Wars of the Roses, Wright Brothers, Yemen, Yorkshire Ripper

334BC: The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia at the Battle of the Granicus. 1176:

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