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1970: Brazil win the World Cup for the third time in the greatest ever final

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – June 21

21/06/202120/06/2021 YA Reporter Boris Johnson, Brazil, Catherine of Aragon, Charles II, commonwealth, Edward III, Evita, F W Woolworth, Henry VIII, Jacinda Arden, Jamestown, Johnny Rotten, June 21, Lennox Lewis, Lord Roseberry, Maureen Connolly, Medger Evers, Mountbatten, news, Okinawa, Pele, Pope Paul VI, Prince William, Scapa Flow, Sex Pistols, Today in history, Victoria Cross, World Cup

1377: Death of Edward III aged 64. 1529: Catherine of Aragon speaks against her marriage’s annulment to Henry VIII at

1936: Amy Johnson

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 15

15/05/202114/05/2021 YA Reporter Amy Johnson, Anne Boleyn, British Legion, Christmas Island, Cologne Cathedral, Dillinger, General Galtieri, George Harrison, George III, George Wallace, IOC, Israel, John Lennon, Kepler, King John, LAs Vegas, May 15, news, Okinawa, Old Trafford, Palestine, Paris, Paul McCartney, Real Madrid, Richey Edwards, Rocky Marciano, Sputnik, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Tottenham Hotspur, Zidane

1213: King John names Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury. 1248: Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays the cornerstone for Cologne

1984: Marvin Gaye is fatally shot by his father during a family argument

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It happened today – this day in history – April 1

01/04/202131/03/2021 YA Reporter Apple, April 1, Beatles, Dylan, Gaughin, Iran, Joe Louis, Lennon, MArvin Gaye, news, Okinawa, Pompeii, Strangeways, Today in history, Troggs

1318: Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English. 1748: The ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque

1945: British navy vessel HMS Formidable on fire during the Battle of Okinawa after being struck by a kamikaze

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It happened today – this day in history – March 23

23/03/202122/03/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Exxon Valdez, FA Cup, Grand National, Handel, Lennon, Lithuania, March 23, Mir, Neil Aspinall, news, Okinawa, politburo, Ronald Reagan, Sudan, Today in history, Torvill and Dean, Yoko Ono

59AD: Death of Roman Empress Agrippina aged 43 – possibly murdered by her son Nero. 1743: Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” premieres

1948: Introduction of the 33 and a third RPM long playing record

It happened today – this day in history – June 21

21/06/202020/06/2020 Mick Ferris Arden, Columbia Records, Edward III, Evita, Hinkley, history, Jimmy Page, June 21, Maureen Connolly, Okinawa, The Beatles, Victoria Cross, Wagner

1377: Death of Edward III aged 64. 1529: Catherine of Aragon speaks against her marriage’s annulment to Henry VIII at

1963: Thích Quảng Đức moments after setting fire to himself in Saigon as an act of protest

It happened today – this day in history – June 11

11/06/202003/06/2021 Mick Ferris El-Alamein, George I, history, Jimmy Page, June 11, Margaret Thatcher, McCartney, Okinawa, Zatopek

1144: Basilica of St Denis is dedicated near Paris, the first fully Gothic church. 1345: Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of

1945: US invasion of Okinawa

It happened today – this day in history – April 1

01/04/202001/04/2020 Mick Ferris Apple, April 1, Beatles, Gaughin, Gaye, history, Khomeini, Lennon, news, Okinawa, Rachmaninov, Troggs

1318: Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English. 1748: The ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque