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1995: Debris at the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City

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It happened today – this day in history – April 19

19/04/202118/04/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, AC/DC, April 19, Australia, Bangladesh, Beatles, Belgium, Bobby Charlton, Bonnie Parker, Castro, Charles Manson, Disraeli, James Cook, Luxembourg, Mae West, news, Oklahoma, Palestine, Pope Benedict XVI, Rishikesh, Sally Ride, Shirley Temple, Timothy McVeigh, Today in history, Waco

1770: Captain James Cook first sights Australia. 1775: The American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts. 1824: Death of Lord Byron

1967: Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – January 27

27/01/202127/01/2021 YA Reporter Apollo 1, Donald Trump, Edison, Haiti, history, James Brown, January 27, Lenin, Lennon, Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson, Mugabe, Oklahoma, Willem of Orange

1556: Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1591: Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian

1945: Soldiers Raqymzhan Qoshqarbaev and Georgij Bulatov raise the Soviet Union flag on the roof of the Reichstag building in Berlin. Photo: Yevgeny Khaldei

It happened today – this day in history – May 2

02/05/202001/05/2020 Mick Ferris Arthur Miller, Berlin, Billie Holiday, Eta, Fashanu, history, J Edgar Hoover, Leonardo da Vinci, May 2, Oklahoma, Osama bin Laden, Spiro Agnew, Tennessee Williams

1194: Richard I gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 1497: John Cabot’s expedition departs Bristol searching for new lands across