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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

1990: US troops in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield

It happened today – this day in history – August 7

07/08/202006/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Arthur Miller, August 7, Bathory, Churchill, Desert Shield, Elvis, Guadacanal, history, Idi Amin, James Joyce, Kitchener, Lennon, Macbeth, Napoleon, Oliver Hardy, Olympics, Trump, Xi Jinping

1560: Birth of Elizabeth Bathory, Hungarian countess and most prolific female serial killer in history, in Nyírbátor. 1573: Francis Drake’s

1983: Motown bass player James Jamerson

It happened today – this day in history – August 2

02/08/202001/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Apple, August 2, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Gulf War, history, Iraq, James Jamerson, King William II, Kuwait, Lewis Carroll, Motown, Mussolini, Napoleon, Olympics, Warren G Harding, Wild Bill Hickok

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

It happened today – this day in history – July 25

25/07/202024/07/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Bleriot, Cilla Black, Concorde, Dylan, Edward Kennedy, history, July 25, Louise Brown, Mao, Mussolini, Napoleon, Nelson, Rock Hudson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sarajevo

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

1982: Vic Morrow (centre) in Twlight Zone: The Movie

It happened today – this day in history – July 23

23/07/202022/07/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Amy Winehouse, Beatles, Boris Johnson, Dunlop, Froome, history, July 23, liver transplant, Morrow, Napoleon, Nixon, One Direction, Paul McCartney, Petain, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, Watergate, whaling

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

1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (pictured here by Armstrong) walk on the Moon

It happened today – this day in history – July 21

21/07/202020/07/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Apollo 11, Beatles, Buzz Aldrin, Dalai Lama, Henry IV, history, July 21, Napoleon, Neil Armstrong, Sex Pistols, Tony Blair

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

1973: Ray Davies of The Kinks

It happened today – this day in history – July 15

15/07/202014/07/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Alcoholics Anonymous, Charles II, history, Hoover, July 15, Lennon, Makarios, McCartney, Napoleon, Pacquiao, Poindexter, Ray Davies, Rosetta Stone, Versace

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

1979: Sony Walkman

It happened today – this day in history – July 1

01/07/202030/06/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Battle of the Boyne, Canada, Einstein, Gettysburg, history, Hong Kong, July 1, Napoleon, Olympic Games, Sarah Payne, Virginia Wade, Walkman

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

1965: John Lennon's second book: A Spaniard In The Works

It happened today – this day in history – June 24

24/06/202023/06/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Clapton, Dougan, Dylan, Falconer, Gotti, Henry VIII, history, June 24, Lennon, Mary Pickford, Napoleon, Picasso, William III

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

1967: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

It happened today – this day in history – June 1

01/06/202031/05/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Anne Boleyn, Beatles, Edison, Eichmann, Elvis, history, June 1, Napoleon, Robert Wyatt, Ronnie Wood, Ruffin, Sgt Pepper, Trump

193: Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. 1215: Beijing is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan. 1495: First written

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