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1966: The rooftops of Pantglas Junior School, Aberfan, poke out of the sludge and debris as rescuers hunt for survivors

It happened today – this day in history – October 21

21/10/202020/10/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Aberfan, Bernadette Devlin, Bikila, Bill Black, Buddy Holly, Florence Nightingale, George Michael, Gerry Adams, Gijon, Gorbachev, Greta Weitz, Guggenheim Museum, history, Horatio Nelson, Kenyatta, Kimi Raikkonen, Magellan, Malala Yousafzai, Marcos, Martin McGuinness, Niki Lauda, October 21, Offenbach, Olympics, Oscar Pistorius, Senna, The Clash

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

2017: Jacinda Ardern becomes prime minister of New Zealand

It happened today – this day in history – October 19

19/10/202018/10/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Black Monday, DeLorean, Grenada, Guildford Four, history, Jacinda Ardern, Jackie Stewart, King John, Margaret Hassan, Napoleon, October 19, Olympics, Robbie Williams, Saddam Hussein, Stirling Moss, Trotsky, US Revolutionary War

202BC: Hannibal Barca and the Carthaginian army are defeated by Roman legions under Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama,

1968: American long jumper Bob Beamon

It happened today – this day in history – October 18

18/10/202017/10/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Al Capone, Al Green, Alaska, Andreas Baader, Ayatollah Khomeini, BBC, Beatles, Bob Beamon, DNA, Edison, Elvis Presley, history, Jenson Button, Louis XIV, October 18, Olympics, Paul McCartney, Zach de la Rocha

1009: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks

1931: Christ the Redeemer statue, Brazil

It happened today – this day in history – October 12

12/10/202011/10/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Bali, Brighton, Christ The Redeemer, Christopher Columbus, Dillinger, Edith Cavell, history, Inejiro Asanuma, King John, Little Richard, Margaret Thatcher, October 12, Olympics, Princess Eugenie, Sid Vicious, The Beatles, Ypres

1216: King John loses his crown jewels in The Wash as the flood tide swamps his wagons. 1459: Richard of

1974: Chimps on dope

It happened today – this day in history – October 2

02/10/202001/10/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Abyssinia, cannabis, Darwin, Jamal Khashoggi, Kinnock, Muhammad Ali, news, Niki Lauda, October 2, Olympics, Rock Hudson, Woodrow Wilson

1187: Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders. 1452: Richard III is born in Fotheringhay Castle, Northants. 1492: Henry VII invades

1975: The Spaghetti House siege in Kensington

It happened today – this day in history – September 28

28/09/202027/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Brixton, Bubka, history, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali, Musk, Napoleon Bonaparte, Olympics, Pope John Paul I, Sadat, September 28, Spaghetti House Siege, Toronto, Transvaal, William the Conqueror

551BC: Birth of Confucius. 48BC: Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt. 935: Saint

1980: Seconds form a protective shield around the boxers as objects are thrown into the ring by an angry crowd after Marvin Hagler's victory over Britain's Alan Minter

It happened today – this day in history – September 27

27/09/202026/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Alan Minter, Ben Johnson, Cliff Burton, Ezzard Charles, George Stephenson, Hair, history, Marvin Hagler, Metallica, Model T Ford, Olympics, Phil Spector, RMS Queen Elizabeth, September 27, Warren Commission, William the Conqueror

1066: William the Conqueror’s Norman troops set sail for England. 1590: Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen

1976: A brief cover-up by the cast of "Oh! Calcutta!"

It happened today – this day in history – September 24

24/09/202023/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Aung San Suu Kyi, Beatles, Ben Johnson, David Mellor, Doug Scott, Dougal Haston, Eisenhower, history, Jimi Hendrix, Mount Everest, Noel Coward, Olympics, Rocky Marciano, September 24, St Leger

1493: Christopher Columbus embarks on his second expedition to the New World. 1529: Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his Ottoman

It happened today – this day in history – September 20

20/09/202019/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Al Capone, Alain Prost, Brian Clough, Carl Bridgewater, Charles I, history, Jim Croce, Jim Morrison, Joe Louis, Kennedy, Led Zeppelin, Mauretania, MI6, Olympics, Paul McCartney, QE2, Sallisbury Cathedral, September 20, Wright Brothers

1187: Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. 1258: Salisbury Cathedral is inaugurated. 1486: Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry

1975: Fawlty Towers

It happened today – this day in history – September 19

19/09/202018/09/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Chaplin, Fawlty Towers, George Michael, George Washington, Goodfellas, Gram Parsons, history, James Garfield, Khrushchev, Mahler, Olympics, Peron, September 19, Southall

1356: English forces under Edward The Black Prince defeat the French at theBattle of Poitiers and capture the French King

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