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2013: Chris Gayle

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It happened today – this day in history – April 23

23/04/202222/04/2022 Mick Ferris American Civil War, April 23, Bartok, Beatles, Blair Peach, Brian Boru, Charles II, Chris Gayle, Dostoyevsky, Eritrea, Ethelred, Henry VI, HIV, John Lennon, news, Paul McCartney, Princess Anne, Queen Anne, Queen Victoria, Rolling Stones, Shakespeare, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Trump

871: Death of Ethelred I, King of Wessex. 1014: King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of

1964: The Beatles begin filming A Hard Day's Night (Patti Boyd behind George Harrison)

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It happened today – this day in history – March 2

02/03/202201/03/2022 YA Reporter Afghanistan, Beatles, Casablanca, Charles I, Concorde, Elvis Presley, Ho Chi Minh, Jesse James, Jupiter, Kelis, King Kong, March 2, Napoleon, news, Nick Leeson, Nixon, Putin, Queen Victoria, Rhodesia, Robert II, Rutherford B Hayes, Sydney Opera House, Texas, Today in history, Ukraine, Watergate

1316: Birth of King Robert II of Scotland, first monarch of the House of Stewart. 1629: Charles I dissolves parliament,

1962: U2 spy plane pilot Francis “Gary” Powers

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It happened today – this day in history – February 10

10/02/202209/02/2022 YA Reporter Arthur Miller, Beatles, Brahms, Camilla, Canada, David Bowie, Eisenhower, February 10, First World War, Frank Zappa, Gary Powers, Glenn Miller, Halley, Haydn, HMS Dreadnought, HRH Prince Charles, Lithuania, Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson, Muswell Hill, Napoleon, New Delhi, news, Offenbach, Phil Spector, Queen Victoria, Simon Bolivar, Tchaikovsky, Today in history, Tom & Jerry, Trotsky, Winter Olympics, Woodrow Wilson

1098: Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch. 1355: The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, leaving

1979: Sid Vicious

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It happened today – this day in history – February 2

02/02/202201/02/2022 YA Reporter Alexander Selkirk, Black Death, Buddy Holly, Estonia, F W de Klerk, February 2, Frank Sinatra, Handel, Haydn, Idi Amin, Joe Orton, King Stephen, news, polygraph, Queen Victoria, Robert Walpole, Rossini, Sid Vicious, Super Bowl, Today in history, Truman, Ulysses, Vaclav Havel, Yoko Ono, York Cathedral

1141: King Stephen is captured by forces loyal to Empress Matilda at the Battle of Lincoln. 1349: At least 200

1962: James Hanratty

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It happened today – this day in history – January 22

22/01/202221/01/2022 YA Reporter Arthur Miller, Battle at Wandewash, Battle of Rourke's Drift, Beatles, Brahms, Brian Wilson, Buddy Holly, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, David Bowie, Duchess of York, Edward VII, Ethelred, Falkland Islands, George Weah, James Hanratty, January 22, Kenneth Kaunda, Lord Byron, Lord Halifax, Mike Tysson, news, Northern Ireland, Queen Victoria, R Budd Dwyer, Robert II, Sakharov, San Francisco 49ers, Sumatra, Swiss Guards, Today in history, Tsar Nicholas II, William of Orange, Wuhan

871: The Danish invasion army beats Saxon Ethelred of Wessex at the Battle of Basing. 1371: King Robert II of

1959: Johnny Cash performs at San Quentin prison

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It happened today – this day in history – January 1

01/01/202231/12/2021 YA Reporter ABBA, Abraham Lincoln, Albany, Beatles, blood transfusion, Brahms, Claudius, coal, common market, commonwealth, Daily Universal Register, Edward VII, Ellis Island, EU, Euro, Farenheit, Frankenstein, Fred West, Haiti, Hank Williams, January 1, Johnny Cash, Lawrence of Arabia, Manchester Ship Canal, news, Oslo, Panama Canal, pension, Queen Victoria, railways, Samuel Pepys, Sierra Leone, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Top of the Pops, Vodafone, Watergate

49: Roman emperor Claudius marries his niece Agrippina. 1502: Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro. 1515: Francis I succeeds Louis

2001: John Simpson in Afghanistan (Photo: BBC News)

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It happened today – this day in history – September 22

22/09/202121/09/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Ben Jonson, BHC News, Boris Johnson, Cardinal Wolsey, David Hempleman-Adams, deal, Diana Ross, Gene Tunney, George III, Gerald Ford, Gresford Colliery, Happy birthday, ITV, Jimmy Page, John Simpson, Kissinger, Kosovo, Lennon, Lord Randolph Churchill, Louis Botha, Mali, Nero, news, Olympics, Queen Victoria, Robert Walpole, September 22, Switzerland, Today in history, Wagner, Yeltsin, Yusuf Islam

66: Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1499: Switzerland becomes an independent state. 1515: Anne of Cleves, fourth wife

1938: Robert Johnson

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It happened today – this day in history – August 16

16/08/202115/08/2021 YA Reporter Abbie Hoffman, Archangelsk, Assange, August 16, Battle of Camden, Beatles, Bolt, Boscastle, Calcutta, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cyprus, DeLorean, Dominican Republic, Elvis Presley, Henry VIII, Idi Amin, Klondike, Lynmouth, news, Olympics, Pete Best, Peter Gabriel, Peterloo, Queen Victoria, Robert Johnson, rollercoaster, Today in history, Valparaiso, Woodstock, Young Turks

1513: Henry VIII and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I beat France at the Battle of the Spurs at Guinegate. 1743:

1985: Queen steal the show at Live Aid

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It happened today – this day in history – July 13

13/07/202112/07/2021 YA Reporter Buckingham Palace, Captain James Cook, Corday, Curtis Mayfield, Henry II, July 13, Kursk, Live Aid, Marat, Mississippi, news, Oliver Cromwell, Paul McCartney, Queen Victoria, Ruth Ellis, Theresa May, Today in history, William I, World Cup

1174: William I of Scotland, key rebel in the revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to

1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie moments before being assassinated in Sarajevo

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It happened today – this day in history – June 28

28/06/202127/06/2021 YA Reporter Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Beatles, Belfast, Catherine the Great, Edward IV, Elton John, Fort Knox, Guadeloupe, Irish Civil War, Jonah Lomu, June 28, Kishinev, Lee Trevino, Louis Armstrong, Malcolm X, Margaret Thatcher, Mike Tyson, Montenegro, Muhammad Ali, Ned Kelly, news, OPEC, Queen Victoria, Rolling Stones, saxophone, Seoul, Today in history, Tomato, Treaty of Versailles

1461: Edward IV is crowned king of England. 1491: Birth of Henry VIII in London. 1577: Birth of Flemish Baroque

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