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1956: Gene Vincent

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It happened today – this day in history – May 4

04/05/202203/05/2022 YA Reporter AC Torino, Al Capone, Daily Mail, Duke of Edinburgh, Edison, Edward IV, Epsom Derby, FA Cup, Falklands, First World War, Gene Vincent, Handel, HArper Lee, HMS Sheffield, Kent State, Latvia, Mary Hopkin, May 4, NASA, Natal, news, Ohio, Olympics, Panama Canal, Second World War, Shilton, SNP, Stuart Bingham, Thatcher, Today in history

1471: The Battle of Tewkesbury, the final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of

1982: John Hinckley

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It happened today – this day in history – April 27

27/04/202226/04/2022 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Apollo 16, April 27, Beatles, Beethoven, Betty Boothroyd, Bowie, Castro, Charles I, COVID-19, Denis Law, Edward I, Handel, John Hinckley, Kim Jong-un, Magellan, Mao, MArciano, Milton, news, Olympics, Palace of Westminster, Pope francis, Pripyat, Second World War, Sierra Leone, Tiananmen Square, Today in history, Togo, Waldheim, Wesker

1124: David I becomes king of Scots. 1296: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England at The Battle

2019: Notre Dame

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It happened today – this day in history – April 15

15/04/202214/04/2022 YA Reporter 100 Years War, April 15, Bach, Belfast, Boston Marathon, Colditz, George Best, George C Scott, George Cross, Handel, Hillsborough, impressionism, insulin, Leona Helmsly, Louis XIV, McDonalds, news, Niger, Notre Dame, Olympics, Otto von Bismarck, Pol Pot, Samuel Johnson, Second World War, Thomas Cromwell, Titanic, Today in history, Tommy Cooper

1450: The French defeat the English at the Battle of Formigny in the 100 Years’ War. 1452: Birth of Leonardo

1937: Frank Whittle

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It happened today – this day in history – April 12

12/04/202211/04/2022 YA Reporter Admiral George Rodney, American Civil War, April 12, Bill Haley, Cambodia, Chiang Kai-shek, Clinton, Constantinople, EuroDisney, Flaubert, Frank Whittle, Franklin D Roosevelt, news, Olympics, Ordinance of Union, RUC, Salk, Scargill, Second World War, Syria, Today in history, Transvaal, Yuri Gagarin

1204: The 4th Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople. 1654: Ordinance of Union between England and Scotland passed by the Council

2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker-Bowles

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It happened today – this day in history – April 9

09/04/202208/04/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, April 9, Baghdad, Bruckner, Camilla Parker-Bowles, Churchill, Concorde, Duke of Edinburgh, Edward V, First World War, Gen Robert E Lee, Henry V, John Major, Latvia, Mae West, NASA, National Gallery, news, Olympics, Oscars, Prince Charles, Queen Mother, Second World War, Today in history, Verwoerd, Vimy Ridge

1413: Henry V is crowned King of England. 1483: Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king

1921: Sun Yat-sen

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It happened today – this day in history – April 7

07/04/202206/04/2022 YA Reporter April 7, Bach, Baghdad, Beatles, Beethoven, Belfast, Deng Xiaoping, Dick Turpin, George Michael, Hansie Cronje, Jack Nicklaus, Jim Clark, Jimmy Carter, John Wayne, Keith Richards, Maggie Smith, matches, Mick Jagger, Mt Vesuvius, Mussolini, news, Olympics, Second World War, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sun Yat-Sen, Today in history, Trump, Wham!, World Health Organisation

1724: Bach’s “St John Passion” premieres in Leipzig. 1739: Highwayman Dick Turpin is executed for horse theft. 1770: Birth of

1992: The Hubble telescope

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It happened today – this day in history – December 5

05/12/202104/12/2021 YA Reporter Andrew Jackson, Beatles, Berlioz, Blackbeard, California Gold Rush, Charlemagne, Civil Partnership Act, Columbus, December 5, Einstein, Fiji, First World War, George Washington, Hubble Telescope, Jim Bakker, Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Celeste, MAxwell, Monty Python's Flying Circus, news, O J Simpson, Olympics, Omaha, Paul McCartney, prohibition, Pyongyang, Second World War, Thomas Jefferson, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, Weimar

771: Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 1456: An earthquake strikes

1929: Bingo is invented

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It happened today – this day in history – December 1

01/12/202130/11/2021 YA Reporter Beveridge Report, Bhutto, bingo, Channel Tunnel, Charlemagne, Churchill, COVID-19, December 1, First World War, Ford, Franklin D Roosevelt, Guinness, Henry V, Jay-Z, Messi, news, Olympics, Paul McCartney, Playboy, Rosa Parks, Second World War, Sex Pistols, Sherlock Holmes, Stalin, Today in history

800: Charlemagne judges accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican. 1420: Henry V of England enters Paris. 1640: Portugal

2001: George Harrison

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It happened today – this day in history – November 29

29/11/202128/11/2021 YA Reporter Aden, Albania, Beatles, Cardinal Wolsey, Edison, Fishmongers Hall, George Harrison, Graham Hill, Jacobites, Kitchener, Montenegro, Napoleon, Natalie Wood, news, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Palestine, Sand Creek Massacre, Schrödinger, Second World War, Sex Pistols, Today in history, Warren Commission

1530: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, advisor to Henry VIII, dies just before facing trial for treason. 1643: Composer Claudio Monteverdi dies

1919: Nancy Astor

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It happened today – this day in history – November 28

28/11/202127/11/2021 YA Reporter Albania, Blackbeard, Burundi, Croydon, Dahmer, East Timor, Edward I, Hawaii, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Lennon, Magellan, Mahler, Nancy Astor, news, November 28, Olympics, Panama, Rachmaninoff, Second World War, Shakespeare, Sinn Féin, The Times, Today in history, Tyson Fury

1291: Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I, dies in Northants. 1499: Edward Plantagenet, 17th Count of Warwick and Plantagenet

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