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1887: Construction begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – January 28

28/01/202227/01/2022 YA Reporter Cameroon, Challenger, Derek Bentley, Edward VI, Eiffel Tower, Goon Show, Helsinki, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Iceland, Jane Austen, January 28, Lego, Pakistan, Pall Mall, Raffles, Rwanda, Second World War, Shanghai, Space shuttle, Super Bowl, The Godfather, Today in history, Ukraine, Woodrow Wilson

814: Death of Charlemagne aged 71. 1099: Siege of Hosn-el-Akrad, Syria, during the First Crusade. 1225: Birth of St Thomas

1970: Jimi Hendrix dies

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It happened today – this day in history – September 18

18/09/202117/09/2021 YA Reporter Che Guevara, Chile, CIA, Dag Hammarskjold, First World War, Gary Numan, Hungary, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Louis, Julian Lennon, Louis VII, news, Olympics, Patti Hearst, Quebec City, Raffles, René Lacoste, Royal Opera House, Scotland, Scott Joplin, Second World War, September 18, Today in history

1180: Death of Louis VII, King of France. 1544: Henry VIII’s troops occupy Boulogne. 1709: Birth of lexicographer Samuel Johnson

1958: Manchester United players perish in the Munich air disaster

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It happened today – this day in history – February 6

06/02/202105/02/2021 Mick Ferris Arthur Ashe, Charlie Chaplin, Constantinople, Danny Blanchfower, February 6, George VI, James II, John Wayne Gacy, Klaus Barbie, Manchester United, Monopoly, Prince Alfred, Queen Anne, Raffles, Richard Nixon, Schumann, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Tupac Shakur, Winter Olympics

1189: Riots in Norfolk spread to Norwich. 1665: Queen Anne (Stuart) is born in St James’ Palace. 1685: The Duke

1973: Marlon Brando wins a Golden Globe for his part as Vito Corleone in The Godfather. Photo: Paramount Pictures

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It happened today – this day in history – January 28

28/01/202127/01/2021 YA Reporter Cameroon, Challenger, Derek Bentley, Edward VI, Eiffel Tower, Goon Show, Helsinki, Henry VIII, history, January 28, Lego, Marlon Brando, Pall Mall, Raffles, Rwanda, Shanghai, The Godfather

814: Death of Charlemagne aged 71. 1099: Siege of Hosn-el-Akrad, Syria, during the First Crusade. 1225: Birth of St Thomas

1996: Dolly the sheep

It happened today – this day in history – July 5

05/07/202004/07/2020 Mick Ferris Atlee, clone, Elvis Presley, history, Jimi Hendrix, July 5, Knebworth, NHS, Perry, Raffles, Rolling Stones, SARS, Shard, sheep, Spam

1295: Scotland and France form an alliance against England. 1596: The English fleet captures Cadiz. 1687: Isaac Newton’s great work