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1915: 25,000 women march in New York City demanding the right to vote

It happened today – this day in history – October 23

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42BC: One of Julius Caesar’s assassins, Brutus commits suicide. 1091: A tornado hits London, destroying the wooden London Bridge. 1642:

2017: Jacinda Ardern becomes prime minister of New Zealand

It happened today – this day in history – October 19

19/10/202018/10/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Black Monday, DeLorean, Grenada, Guildford Four, history, Jacinda Ardern, Jackie Stewart, King John, Margaret Hassan, Napoleon, October 19, Olympics, Robbie Williams, Saddam Hussein, Stirling Moss, Trotsky, US Revolutionary War

202BC: Hannibal Barca and the Carthaginian army are defeated by Roman legions under Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama,

1962: Reconnaissance photo of Soviet missiles in Cuba shown to John F. Kennedy on this day

It happened today – this day in history – October 16

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1384: Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, despite being a woman. 1710: British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia. 1757:

1940: Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator

It happened today – this day in history – October 15

15/10/202014/10/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Buddy Holly, Charlie Chaplin, Chris Evert, Hemingway, Henry VIII, Hermann Goering, history, Keith Richards, Little Richard, Mata Hari, Napoleon, October 15, Tojo, Walter Sisulu, Winston Silcott

70BC: Birth of Roman poet Virgil. 1501: Heir to the throne and older brother of Henry VIII, Prince Arthur, marries

1967: Tony Blackburn is the first DJ on the new Radio 1. Photo by Dezo Hoffman

It happened today – this day in history – September 30

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1399: Richard II abdicates. 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan. 1544: Henry VIII pulls

1916: Mark I tanks on the day they were first used in warfare

It happened today – this day in history – September 15

15/09/202014/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Astrid Proll, Brunel, Chamberlain, Churchill, Darwin, Fleming, history, Marco Polo, Muhammad Ali, Napoleon, Olympics, Parsons Green, Ramones, September 15, Somme, tanks, The Sun, Yasser Arafat

921: Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin. 1254: Birth of explorer Marco Polo in

1979: Lord Mountbatten is killed by the IRA

It happened today – this day in history – August 27

27/08/202026/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Angelina Jolie, August 27, Barack Obama, Beatles, Brian Epstein, Ebola, Elvis, Guinness, Haile Selassie, history, Krakatoa, Miley Cyrus, Moldavia, Mountbatten, Myammar, Napoleon, Olympics, Spanish flu, Zanzibar

1549: John Dudley Earl of Warwick destroys Robert Kett’s army at the Battle of Dussindale, ending Kett’s rebellion in Norfolk.

1967: Keith Moon

It happened today – this day in history – August 23

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1305: Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I. 1500: Governor Francisco De Bobadilla arrives in

It happened today – this day in history – August 15

15/08/202014/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments August 15, Beatles, Bowie, Charlie Watts, Eamon de Valera, Edward VII, Elvis Presley, F W de Klerk, Gladstone, Gunter Grass, Harvey Smith, history, India, Jerry Wexler, Johnny Ramone, Kaiser Wilhelm, Mayflower, Napoleon, Princess Anne, V J Day, Virgin Atlantic Challenger, Wiley Post, Will Rogers, Woodstock

1248: Construction of Cologne Cathedral begins. 1519: Panama City is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila. 1548: Mary, Queen

1963: Ready Steady Go host Cathy McGowan and Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones

It happened today – this day in history – August 9

09/08/202008/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments August 9, Cliff Richard, Cromwell, Daley Thompson, Edward VII, Gallipoli, Gerald Ford, history, Jesse Owens, Joe Orton, Julius Ceasar, Nagasaki, Napoleon, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Queen, Ready Steady Go, Sharon Tate, Usain Bolt

48BC: Julius Ceasar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 681: Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on

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