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2004: Dr Harold Shipman

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It happened today – this day in history – January 13

13/01/202212/01/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Ballymurphy, Bartok, Bill Gates, Bob Dylan, Churchill, Costa Concordia, Donny Hathaway, Dr Harold Shipman, Emile Zola, Galileo, Iraq, January 13, Jeffrey Dahmer, Johnny Cash, Jonathan Swift, Kier Hardie, Lima, news, Oscar Wilde, Prokofiev, Tito, Today in history, USS Lexington, Wagner, Wyatt Earp

1099: Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria. 1404: The Act of Multipliers is passed by Parliament forbidding alchemists to use

1984: Striking miners and police clash at Orgreave

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It happened today – this day in history – May 29

29/05/202128/05/2021 YA Reporter Barbarossa, Bing Crosby, Black Hand, Blake, Charles de Gaulle, Charles II, Chubby Checker, Coca Cola, Constantinople, Ecuador, Edmund Hilary, Heysel, Jeff Buckley, Manchester United, May 29, Michael Jackson, news, Orgreave, Oscar Wilde, Phil Spector, Pope John Paul II, Roseanne Barr, Stravinsky, Switzerland, Tenzing Norgay, Tiananmen Square, Tiger Woods, Today in history, White Christmas, Yeltsin

1176: The Lombard League beats Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle at Legnano. 1453: Constantinople,

1982: The sinking of HMS Coventry

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It happened today – this day in history – May 25

25/05/202124/05/2021 YA Reporter Arthur C Clarke, Camelot, Charles II, Falklands, George Floyd, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gorbachev, Harvey Weinstein, HMS Coventry, Jesse Owens, Jordan, Kennedy, Liverpool, Martin Luther, May 25, news, Noel Gallagher, Oscar Wilde, Richard Cromwell, Skylab, Star Wars, Today in history, Ypres

1521: The Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther and his followers. 1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England,

2004: Tony Blair is pelted with flour in the House of Commons

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It happened today – this day in history – May 19

19/05/202118/05/2021 YA Reporter Alan Freed, Anne Boleyn, Ataturk, Cardinal Richlieu, Chelsea, commonwealth, Eric Clapton, Fathers 4 Justice, George Harrison, James Brown, Keith Richards, Lawrence of Arabia, Lennon, Manchester United, Mary Queen of Scots, May 19, Meghan Markle, news, Notre Dame, Oscar Wilde, Sophia Loren, Today in history, Tony Blair, West Ham United

1182: The high alter of Notre Dame is consecrated. 1536: Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII is beheaded at

1994: Kurt Cobain

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It happened today – this day in history – April 5

05/04/202104/04/2021 YA Reporter April 5, Beatles, Beethoven, Boris, Chile, Churchill, COVID-19, Elvis Presley, Falklands, Grand National, Grenada, Ibrox, James Callaghan, James I, Mary Poppins, Mt Tambora, news, Oscar Wilde, Pocahontas, Rosenberg, Sarajevo, St Patrick, Strauss, Today in history, Vesuvius

456: Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop. 1424: James I of Scotland returns home after 18 years

1892: Oscar Wilde

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 22

22/02/202121/02/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, February 22, George Bush, Malcolm Campbell, Maureen Connolly, Oscar Wilde, Today in history, Warhol

1512: Death of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. 1630: Native Amerian Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn at Thanksgiving. 1732: Birth of

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

1990: Nelson Mandela is released from prison

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It happened today – this day in history – February 11

11/02/202110/02/2021 YA Reporter Ayatollah Khomeini, Beatles, Donald Maclean, Egypt, February 11, Guy Burgess, Japan, Margaret Thatcher, Napoleon, Nelson Mandela, news, Oscar Wilde, Pope Benedict XVI, Sylvia Plath, Tiberius, Today in history, Whitney Houston, William Grenville, Winter Olympics, Yalta

660BC: The traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 55: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the

1962: Bishop Burke of the Buffalo Catholic dioceses bans The Twist from all Catholic schools

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It happened today – this day in history – January 26

26/01/202128/01/2021 Mick Ferris Auschwitz, Bill Clinton, Billy Joel, Edward III, history, Hong Kong, India, Isaac Newton, January 26, John Logie Baird, Kobe Bryant, Mozart, Oscar Wilde, Synge, The Twist, Winter Olympics

1340: England’s Edward III is proclaimed king of France. 1531: An earthquake hits Lisbon, killing 30,000. 1564: The Council of

1908: Henri Farman crosses the line to win the Grand Prix d'Aviation for the first observed flight of 1km

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It happened today – this day in history – January 13

13/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter Biafra, Bill Gates, Bob Dylan, Churchill, Costa Concordia, Donny Hathaway, Dr Harold Shipman, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Galileo, Ghana, Henri Farman, history, January 13, Jeffrey Dahmer, Oscar Wilde, Tonya Harding, Wagner

1099: Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria. 1404: The Act of Multipliers is passed by Parliament forbidding alchemists to use

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