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1953: Jacqueline Cochran

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It happened today – this day in history – May 18

18/05/202217/05/2022 YA Reporter 0 Comments Apollo 10, Bobby Moore, Brezhnev, Chris Cornell, Dracula, Eleanor of Aquitaine, First World War, Gaza, Helen Sharman, Henry II, Ian Curtis, India, Italy, Jacqueline Cochran, Lennon, Manchester City, May 18, Microssoft, mods, Montreal, Mount St Helens, Napoleon, news, Omar Khayam, Pink Floyd, Real Madrid, rockers, Second World War, Today in history, Trump, Tsar Nicholas II

1048: Birth of Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher Omar Khayam. 1152: Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the

1974: Deep Purple's Richie Blackmore plays to a crowd of 250,000 at the California Jam

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It happened today – this day in history – April 6

06/04/202205/04/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, April 6, Bavaria, Beach Boys, Beatles, California Jam, COVID-19, Eurovision Song Contest, First World War, George II, Grand National, Julius Ceasar, Maradona, Martin Luther King, news, Peary, Pink Floyd, Raphael, Richard I, Rolling Stones, RUC, Rwanda, Second World War, Today in history, William Pitt the Elder, Wordsworth

46BC: Julius Ceasar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus. 1199: Death of Richard

1958: Duncan Edwards

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It happened today – this day in history – February 21

21/02/202220/02/2022 YA Reporter Alka Seltzer, Britney Spears, Disraeli, Duncan Edwards, Engels, February 21, First World War, James I, Joan of Arc, Mahler, Malcolm X, Marx, news, Nixon, Pink Floyd, Thomas Becket, Today in history, Verdun, Watergate, Winter Olympics, Yorkshire Ripper

1173: Pope Alexander III canonises Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. 1431: Joan of Arc’s first day of interrogation during her

1978: Terry Kath

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It happened today – this day in history – January 23

23/01/202222/01/2022 YA Reporter Beatles, Belfast, Bez, Bjorn Borg, China, Daniel Pearl, Earl of Moray, El Salvador, Elvis Presley, English Civil War, Graham Gooch, Istanbul, January 23, Java, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kim Philby, Kuwait, Montana, news, Nixon, Pink Floyd, Pluto, rail crash, Ramsay MacDonald, Second World War, Terry Kath, Today in history, Young Turks, zika virus

1368: Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as Hongwu Emperor, initiating the Ming Dynasty. 1556: The deadliest earthquake

1976: Pig on the wing over Battersea Power Station during photo shoot for the Pink Floyd album Animals

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It happened today – this day in history – December 3

03/12/202102/12/2021 YA Reporter Agatha Christie, Andrew Jackson, Ballarat, Bhopal, Celsius, Charistiaan Barnard, Cibber, cold war, December 3, Edwina Currie, Elgar, First World War, heart transplant, IRA, Judas Priest, Keith Richards, Laos, Leopoldville, Manchester, news, Pele, Pink Floyd, Ray Charles, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Tennessee Williams, The Who, Today in history

1676: The Swedish army of 8,000 defeats a much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000 at the Battle of Lund

1881: President James Garfield (left) and assassin Charles Guiteau

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It happened today – this day in history – July 2

02/07/202101/07/2021 YA Reporter alligator, Amelia Earhart, Andrés Escobar, Axl Rose, Billie Jean King, Butch Cassidy, Cilla Black, Drobny, Elvis Presley, Fidel Castro, Fred Noonan, Freddie Mercury, Gromyko, Hemingway, Jack Dempsey, James Garfield, James II, Jimi Hendrix, July 2, King John, Lenin, Live8, Lyndon B Johnson, Marston Moor, news, Noel Coward, Nostradamus, Pink Floyd, Sarkozy, Sibelius, Steve Fossett, Sundance Kid, Today in history, Ursula von der Leyen

1214: The Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers), part of King John of England’s attempt to reclaim Normandy from France. 1566:

1963: John Profumo

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It happened today – this day in history – June 5

05/06/202104/06/2021 YA Reporter ABBA, Aids, Boer War, Britten, Edward Snowden, Fred Trueman, Goodyear, Harvey Weinstein, Indira Gandhi, Isaac Newton, Israel, June 5, Kitchener, Lacoste, Marshall Plan, news, Noddy, Pink Floyd, Profumo, Ramsey MacDonald, Robert Kennedy, Serbia, Six Day War, Titus, Today in history

70AD: Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem. 1625: Death of composer Orlando Gibbons. 1661: Isaac

1980: Ian Curtis of Joy Division commits suicide

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It happened today – this day in history – May 18

18/05/202117/05/2021 Mick Ferris Apollo 10, Bobby Moore, Dracula, Helen Sharman, Ian Curtis, Israel, Joy Division, Lennon, May 18, Monte Cassino, Mount St Helens, Napoleon, NATO, news, Paul Gascoigne, Pink Floyd, Real Madrid, Today in history, Tonga

1048: Birth of Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher Omar Khayam. 1152: Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the

1975: The evacuation of the US embassy in Saigon

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It happened today – this day in history – April 29

29/04/202128/04/2021 YA Reporter Act of Union, Amber Rudd, April 29, Berlin, Bruce Springsteen, Cambodia, Dachau, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Easter Rising, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Joan of Arc, Kate Middleton, Lennon, Mozart, My Fair Lady, news, Pink Floyd, Prince William, Richard Nixon, Rolling Stones, Saigon, Sir Francis Drake, Thesaurus, Today in history

1429: Joan of Arc arrives at the siege of Orleans. 1587: Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz and sinks the

1988: Prince Charles

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It happened today – this day in history – March 10

10/03/202109/03/2021 YA Reporter Alexander Graham Bell, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bakerloo, Bermuda, census, Charles I, Chrissie Hynde, Cuba, Farzad Bazoft, Foreign legion, James Earl Ray, March 10, Michael Jackson, Mosley, news, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Prince Charles, Putin, Sex Pistols, Simon and Garfunkel, Tiberius, Today in history, Zanzibar

241BC: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. 37AD: Death of Roman Emperor

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