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1974: Terracotta Army

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It happened today – this day in history – March 29

29/03/202228/03/2022 YA Reporter Beatles, Beethoven, Benjamin Britten, Brexit, Charles II, Ethel Rosenberg, Eurovision Song Contest, FA Cup, Grand National, Hanratty, Ionian Islands, Jack Nicholson, James Stewart, Julius Rosenberg, London Marathon, Lulu, Manchester City, March 29, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, news, Niagara Falls, Punjab, Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Albert Hall, Second World War, Switzerland, Terracotta Army, Today in history, Torrey Canyon, Wars of the Roses, William Calley

1461: Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Duke of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI

1987: Cynthia Payne

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It happened today – this day in history – February 11

11/02/202210/02/2022 YA Reporter Ayatollah Khomeini, Beatles, Bruckner, Churchill, Cynthia Payne, Donald Maclean, February 11, First World War, Franklin D Roosevelt, Guy Burgess, Henry VII, Hosni Mubarak, Japan, John Curry, Margaret Thatcher, Napoleon, Nelson Mandela, news, Oscar Wilde, Pope Benedict XVI, Second World War, Stalin, Sylvia Plath, Tiberius, Today in history, William Grenville, Winter Olympics, Yalta

660BC: The traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 55: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the

1986: Michael Heseltine quits the cabinet

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It happened today – this day in history – January 9

09/01/202208/01/2022 YA Reporter Anthony Eden, Aswan Dam, Charlie Watts, Columbus, Concorde, Daguerreotype, Howard Hughes, income tax, iPhone, Ivan the Terrible, January 9, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, Mick Jagger, miners strike, Mississippi, Nelson Mandela, news, Novgorod, pogrom, RMS Queen Elizabeth, Second World War, Super Bowl, Today in history, Tony Bullimore, William Pitt the Younger

1493: First sight of manatees by Christopher Columbus. 1570: Ivan the Terrible kills 1,000-2,000 residents of Novgorod. 1718: France declares

1892: Lizzie Borden

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It happened today – this day in history – August 4

04/08/202103/08/2021 YA Reporter Anne Frank, August 4, Boxer Rebellion, Churchill, Commonwealth Games, Duggan, Fangio, First World War, Gibraltar, Ian Brady, Idi Amin, Krajina, Lennon, Lizzie Borden, Lord Kitchener, Maduro, Mozart, Nelson Mandela, news, Olympics, Pistorius, Robert Plant, Today in history, Upper Volta

1265: Prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort the younger at the Battle of Evesham. 1306: Wenceslaus III of Bohemia is

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

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

1961: Beyond The Fringe - Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller

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It happened today – this day inn history – May 10

10/05/202105/05/2022 YA Reporter Benjamin Franklin, Beyond The Fringe, Bruce Lee, Cartier, Churchill, Columbus, Duma, Edward I, Eurovision, Hamburger Hill, Hess, Imelda Marcos, Indian Mutiny, J Edgar Hoover, Jamaica, Jefferson Davis, Keith Richards, Louis XVI, May 10, Mick Jagger, Napoleon, Nelson Mandela, news, Portugal, Rolling Stones, Today in history, Trump, 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

1848: Niagara Falls freezes over

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It happened today – this day in history – March 29

29/03/202129/03/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Beethoven, Billy Wilder, Captain Robert Scott, Charles II, Charles Manson, Edward IV, Eurovision, FA Cup, Grand National, Hanratty, Henry VI, Jack Nicholson, James Stewart, Joe Louis, Lulu, Manchester City, March 29, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, news, Niagara Falls, Oscars, Punjab, Royal Albert Hall, Today, Torrey Canyon

1461: Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Duke of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI

1990: Nelson Mandela is released from prison

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It happened today – this day in history – February 11

11/02/202110/02/2021 YA Reporter Ayatollah Khomeini, Beatles, Donald Maclean, Egypt, February 11, Guy Burgess, Japan, Margaret Thatcher, Napoleon, Nelson Mandela, news, Oscar Wilde, Pope Benedict XVI, Sylvia Plath, Tiberius, Today in history, Whitney Houston, William Grenville, Winter Olympics, Yalta

660BC: The traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 55: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the

1967: Paul McCartney conducts the orchestra at the cavernous Studio 2 in EMI Studios, Abbey Road

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It happened today – this day in history – February 10

10/02/202109/02/2021 YA Reporter Arthur Miller, Beatles, Bolivar, Brahms, Eisenhower, February 10, Frank Zappa, Gary Powers, Glenn Miller, Halley, Haydn, Michael Jackson, Napoleon, Nelson Mandela, news, Offenbach, Phil Spector, Prince Charles, Queen Victoria, Tchaikovsky, Today in history, Tom & Jerry, Trotsky, Woodrow Wilson

1098: Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch. 1355: The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, leaving

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