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1988: The Piper Alpha oil rig disaster

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It happened today – this day in history – July 6

06/07/202105/07/2021 YA Reporter Battle of Sedgemoor, Beatles, Biafra, Boris Becker, David Bowie, dollar, Edward V, Edward VI, Francis Drake, Fred Perry, Henry II, Horlick's, Imran Khan, John Lennon, July 6, Lawrence of Arabia, news, oil rig, Olympics, Oscar Pistorius, Pasteur, Paul McCartney, Peary, Piper Alpha, Richard I, Richard III, Sir Thomas More, Today in history, William Kidd

1189: Richard I is crowned King of England upon the death of King Henry II. 1249: Death of Alexander II,

1945: Dresden after the Allied firebombing campaign

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 14

14/02/202114/02/2021 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alexander Graham Bell, Beatles, David Bowie, Dracula, Dresden, James Cook, James Knox Polk, Oscar Pistorius, Oscar Wilde, Otis Redding, Prince, Richard II, Richard Nixon, Salman Rushdie, Thomas Cranmer, Today in history, Torvill and Dean, William III, Winter Olympics

1400: Richard II is murdered at Pontefract Castle. 1556: Archbishop Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic. 1689: Parliament places Mary

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

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It happened today – this day in history – October 21

21/10/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris 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

2000: HRH The Queen Mother

It happened today – this day in history – August 4

04/08/202003/08/2020 Mick Ferris Anne Frank, August 4, Churchill, Fanny Blankers-Koen, history, Holly Wells, Jesse Owens, Jessica Chapman, Lizzie Borden, Mandela, Mark Duggan, Mozart, Oscar Pistorius, Queen Mother, Robert Plant

1265: Prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort the younger at the Battle of Evesham. 1306: Wenceslaus III of Bohemia is