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It happened today – this day in history – May 26

26/05/202225/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Akihito, Anthony Eden, Asquith, Aston Villa, Battle of Tara, Beatles, Belfast, Brezhnev, Churchill, Costa Rica, Garibaldi, H-Bomb, Java, John Lennon, Le Mans, Lenin, Manchester United, May 26, Napoleon, news, Nixon, Real Madrid, South Africa, Thomas Cook, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, Vauxhall Bridge, Yoko Ono

1538: Geneva expels protestant reformer John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for

1953: Jacqueline Cochran

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It happened today – this day in history – May 18

18/05/202217/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Apollo 10, Bobby Moore, Brezhnev, Chris Cornell, Dracula, Eleanor of Aquitaine, First World War, Gaza, Helen Sharman, Henry II, Ian Curtis, India, Italy, Jacqueline Cochran, Lennon, Manchester City, May 18, Microssoft, mods, Montreal, Mount St Helens, Napoleon, news, Omar Khayam, Pink Floyd, Real Madrid, rockers, Second World War, Today in history, Trump, Tsar Nicholas II

1048: Birth of Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher Omar Khayam. 1152: Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the

1937: Coronation of George VI

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It happened today – this day in history – May 12

12/05/202211/05/2022 YA Reporter Armenia, Bayern Munich, blitzkrieg, Bob Dylan, Bormann, Chechnya, cricket, Dagenham, Easter Rising, FA Cup, First World War, George VI, King John, Kirgizistan, Lindbergh, Manitoba, May 12, Napoleon, news, Richard I, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Shostakovich, Stansted, Today in history, Uzbekistan, William Wilberforce, Wilson Pickett

1191: Richard I (the Lionheart) marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus. 1215: English barons serve an ultimatum on King John

1915: A German zeppelin bombs Southend

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It happened today – this day in history – May 10

10/05/202209/05/2022 YA Reporter Addington, Benjamin Franklin, Beyond The Fringe, Bruce Lee, Churchill, Columbus, Duma, Edward I, European Cup, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, George W Bush, Hess, Imelda Marcos, Indian Mutiny, J Edgar Hoover, Jacques Cartier, Jamaica, Jefferson Davis, Keith Richards, Louis XVI, Mandela, May 10, Napoleon, news, Portugal, Red Cross, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Sinn Féin, Today in history, Trump, Vietnam, William Pitt the Younger, zeppelin

1291: Scottish nobles recognize the authority of English King Edward I. 1503: Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands. 1534: French

1928: Dixie Dean

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It happened today – this day in history – May 5

05/05/202204/05/2022 YA Reporter Abyssinia, Alan Shepard, Amy Johnson, Bert Trautmann, Carnegie Hall, Charles I, Chirac, Columbus, Dixie Dean, Dönitz, FA Cup, Gandhi, Jesse Owens, Kublai Khan, May 5, Napoleon, news, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Sitting Bull, Today in history, Tony Blair, Wouk

1260: Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire. 1494: Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at

1934: L-r: Melvin Purvis and John Dillinger

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It happened today – this day in history – April 22

22/04/202221/04/2022 YA Reporter April 22, Bastille, Cabral, Charles II, Dillinger, Elvis Presley, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, Francois I, Hitler Diaries, Jalalabad, London Marathon, Madame du Barry, Margot Fonteyn, McKinley, Moyes, Napoleon, news, Papa Doc, Purvis, Richard Cromwell, Second World War, Tchaikovsky, Today in history, Ypres

1370: Building begins on the Bastille in Paris. 1500: Pedro Alvares Cabral is the first European to discover Brazil and

2013: Luis Suárez and Branislav Ivanović

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It happened today – this day in history – April 21

21/04/202220/04/2022 YA Reporter April 21, Beatles, Brasilia, First World War, Greta Thunberg, Guildford Four, Haile Selassie, Joe Strummer, John Adams, London Marathon, Luis Suárez, Malenkov, Matt Hancock, Napoleon, news, Noel Coward, Northern Ireland, Prince, Red Baron, Rome, Second World War, Shane MacGowan, Texas, Thomas Cromwell, Timothy McVeigh, Today in history, William III

753BC: Traditional date for when Romulus and Remus founded Rome. 1536: Thomas Cromwell begins to plan Anne Boleyn’s downfall while

1862: Louis Pasteur

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It happened today – this day in history – April 20

20/04/202219/04/2022 YA Reporter Apollo 16, April 20, Beatles, Columbine, Deepwater Horizon, Derek Chauvin, Enoch Powell, FA Cup, French Revolutionary Wars, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Napoleon, news, Palestine, Pierre Curie, Second World War, Shakespeare, Thomas Warton, Today in history

1611: First known performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” at the Globe Theatre, London. 1657: Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: The

1984: WPC Yvonne Fletcher lies fatally wounded after being shot

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It happened today – this day in history – April 17

17/04/202216/04/2022 YA Reporter April 17, Bay of Pigs, Chaucer, Columbus, Eddie Cochran, Haile Selassie, John McCarthy, Khmer Rouge, Mary Surratt, Napoleon, news, Premium Bonds, Prince Philip, Second World War, Sir Thomas More, snooker, Today in history, Yvonne Fletcher

1397: Geoffrey Chaucer tells the “Canterbury Tales” for the first time at the court of Richard II. 1492: Christopher Columbus

1922: Annie Oakley

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It happened today – this day in history – April 16

16/04/202215/04/2022 YA Reporter Abyssinia, Annie Oakley, Apollo 16, Battle of Culloden, Beatles, HMS Britannia, Isaac Newton, Kendrick Lamar, Lenin, Liszt, LSD, Martin Luther, Napoleon, news, Queen Mary II, Rhodesia, Second World War, Serbia, Srebrenica, Stalin, Today in history

1457BC: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under King of Kadesh at the Battle of Megiddo

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