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1876: Wild Bill Hickok

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It happened today – this day in history – August 2

02/08/202101/08/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments August 2, Barbed wire, Bologna, Charles de Gaulle, Duke of Edinburgh, GMT, Gower, Hannibal, Hudson, Iraq, John F Kennedy, Kuwait, Lewis Carroll, Napoleon, NASA, news, Olympics, Today in history, Treblinka, USS Indianapolis, Vietnam, Wild Bill Hickok, William II

216BC: The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae during the Second

1965: Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival

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It happened today – this day in history – July 25

25/07/202124/07/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Admiral Nelson, Bob Dylan, Commonwealth Games, Concorde, Constantine I, Constantinople, Edward Kennedy, George Stephenson, James J Jeffries, July 25, Lance Armstrong, Louis Bleriot, Mao, Mussolini, Napoleon, news, Normandy, Olympics, Rock Hudson, Sarajevo, test tube baby, Today in history, W G Grace

306: Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops. 1261: Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for

1984: Sellafield

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It happened today – this day in history – July 23

23/07/202122/07/2021 YA Reporter 0 Comments Amy Winehouse, Beatles, Bill Cosby, Boris Johnson, Chris Froome, Donald Campbell, Dunlop, Greece, Hale-Bopp, HMS Beagle, ice cream, John Bonham, July 23, Kenya, Napoleon, news, Nixon, One Direction, Palestine, Petain, Prince Andrew, Sarajevo, Sellafield, Sharm al-Sheikh, Stalingrad, Tiger Woods, Today in history, Tour de France, Vic Morrow, World Cup

636: Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire. 1148: Crusaders attack Damascus. 1745: Charles Edward Stuart,

2013: Chris Froome wins the Tour de France

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It happened today – this day in history – July 21

21/07/202120/07/2021 YA Reporter Alexandria, Bolivia, Bull Run, Chris Froome, Dalai Lama, Ewart-Biggs, Francis Chichester, Gemini X, Henry IV, July 21, Kerensky, Lennon, Mercury 4, Napoleon, Neil Armstrong, news, Roger Waters, Sandy Lyle, Seve Ballesteros, Sex Pistols, Spanish Armada, Tate Gallery, Today in history, Tony Blair, Viet Minh, Wild Bill Hickok

365: An earthquake in Crete followed by a tsunami around the eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria. 1403: Henry IV defeats

1958: Julia Lennon is killed by a drunk driver

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It happened today – this day in history – July 15

15/07/202114/07/2021 YA Reporter Alcoholics Anonymous, Algeria, Apollo 18, Archbishop Makarios, Ashleu Cole, Charles II, Greenwich Observatory, Jerusalem, Julia Lennon, July 15, King John, Manny Pacquaio, Margarine, Marne, Napoleon, news, Paul McCartney, Peasants' Revolt, Pope John Paul II, Ray Davies, Rosetta Stone, Soyuz 19, Srebrenica, Today in history, Tour de France, Versace, Wiley Post

1099: Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade. 1207: King John expels Canterbury monks for

1947: The engagement of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten

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It happened today – this day in history – July 9

09/07/202108/07/2021 YA Reporter Anne of Cleves, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Boris Johnson, Chiang Kai-shek, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Henry VIII, HMS Vanguard, Ian Botham, Johnny Cash, July 9, Lord Rockingham, Michael Fagen, Napoleon, news, Oliver North, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, Philip Mountbatten, Princess Elizabeth, Richard Hadlee, Ricky Gervais, Tamerlane, The Queen, Today in history, Wayne Rooney, Wimbledon, World Cup, Zachary Taylor, Zidane

1401: Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540: Henry VIII annuls his six month marriage to his fourth wife

1947: Something crashes at Roswell New Mexico

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It happened today – this day in history – July 7

07/07/202106/07/2021 YA Reporter 7/7, Andy Murray, Beatles, Bobby Robson, Boris Becker, Botham, Boulder Dam, Cortes, Edward I, G20, Haiti, Isaac Newton, Joan of Arc, July 7, Kovono, Led Zeppelin, London, Mary Surratt, Napoleon, Navratilova, Nelson Mandela, news, Otis Redding, Rolling Stones, Roswell, terror attack, Today in history, Tony Hancock, William S Burroughs, World Cup

1307: Edward I dies aged 68. He is succeeded by his son Edward II. 1456: A retrial verdict acquits Joan

1969: Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales

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It happened today – this day in history – July 1

01/07/202130/06/2021 YA Reporter Battle of the Boyne, Battle of the Somme, Beatles, Canada, Einstein, Fidel Castro, Gettysburg, Hefner, Hong Kong, July 1, Maudling, Napoleon, news, Olympics, Philby, Pinochet, Prince of Wales, Sarah Payne, Saturn, Sebastopol, Sir Thomas More, Steve Ovett, sunglasses, Theodore Roosevelt, Today in history, Tour de France, Virginia Wade

251: The Battle of Abrittus is won by the Goths against the Romans. 1200: Sunglasses are invented in China. 1535:

1999: Eric Clapton and his 1956 Fender Stratocaster “Brownie”

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It happened today – this day in history – June 24

24/06/202123/06/2021 YA Reporter Anne of Cleeves, Bannoclburn, Bob Dylan, David Cameron, Edward VII, Eric Clapton, Eton, Euro 2004, freemasons, Gorzhdy, Henry VIII, June 24, Led Zeppelin, Mary Pickford, Michael Mates, Napoleon, news, Olympics, Paracelsus, Picasso, radar, Sally Ride, Sluys, Today in history, Trump, UFOs, William III

1314: Scotland regains independence from England at the Battle of Bannockburn. 1340: The English fleet destroys the French at the

1971: Terry Reid at the Glastonbury Festival

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It happened today – this day in history – June 22

22/06/202121/06/2021 YA Reporter Arkansas, Beatles, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Galileo, George V, Glastonbury, Henry Hudson, Henry VIII, Jeremy Thorpe, Joe Louis, John Dillinger, John McEnrow, Judy Garland, June 22, Maradona, Marc Dutroux, Napoleon, Nelson Mandela, news, Richard II, tennis, Today in history, W G Grace, Whitey Bulger

168BC: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War. 1377: Richard II

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