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1974: Rick Wakeman quits Yes

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It happened today – this day in history – June 8

08/06/202107/06/2021 YA Reporter Aitken, Attila, Bjorn Borg, Black Prince, Brian Jones, Christine Keeler, Cochise, Falklands, George Michael, Henry IV, HMS Galahad, James Comey, James Earl Ray, June 8, Laki, Lindisfarne, Louis XVII, Nelson, news, Richard I, Rick Wakeman, Sepp Blatter, Stephen Ward, Tennessee, Thailand, Theresa May, Today in history, Verdun, Vietnam, Vikings

452: Attila the Hun invades Italy. 793: Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert’s monastery on Lindisfarne

1972: The liner Queen Elizabeth catches fire and sinks in Hong Kong Harbour

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – January 9

09/01/202128/01/2021 Mick Ferris Anthony Eden, Aswan Dam, Charlie Watts, Falklands, history, January 9, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, Mick Jagger, miners strike, Mississippi, Mussolini, Nelson, RMS Queen Elizabeth, Rolling Stones, 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

It happened today – this day in history – July 25

25/07/202024/07/2020 Mick Ferris 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

1968: Release of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey

It happened today – this day in history – April 2

02/04/202025/03/2021 Mick Ferris 2001 A Space Odyssey, April 2, Beethoven, Casanova, Einstein, history, Lindbergh, Nelson, Pilatus, Pope John-Paul II, Red Rum

742: Birth of Charlemagne. 1513: Juan Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain. 1725: Giacomo Casanova, writer, adventurer and famous

1907: The Cullinan Diamond

It happened today – on this day in history – November 9

09/11/201908/11/2019 Mick Ferris Chamberlain, Cullinan, de Gaulle, Epstein, history, Holyfield, Larsson, Lennon, Nelson, November 9

1541: Catherine Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth wife is confined in the Tower of London. 1580: Spanish troops land in Ireland.

1964: Audrey Hepburn

It happened today – this day in history – October 21

21/10/201920/10/2019 Mick Ferris Aberfan, Catalonia, Elvis, Franco, Hepburn, history, Lauda, Madonna, Marcos, Nelson, October 21, Raikonnen, Senna

1520: Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific Ocean.