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1989: Soviet troops leave Afghanistan

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 15

15/02/202114/02/2021 YA Reporter Afghanistan, Caroline Flack, Chelyabinsk, decimal, Donald Trump, February 15, Franklin D Roosevelt, Gateshead, George Harrison, George VI, John Lennon, Louis XV, Marconi, Ray Charles, Sex Pistols, Singapore, Socrates, Ted Bundy, Today in history, Winter Olympics

399BC: Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth of

1967: Dr Christiaan Barnard performs the first human heart transplant

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It happened today – this day in history – December 3

03/12/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Agatha Christie, Bhopal, Bob Marley, Celcius, Christiaan Barnard, December 3, Edwina Currie, history, Judas Priest, Keith Richards, Pink Floyd, Ray Charles, The Who

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

1918: Spanish flu: It could be today, including the woman in the middle wearing her mask under her nose

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It happened today – this day in history – October 31

31/10/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Beatles, Casanova, history, Indira Gandhi, Kim Kardashian, Lennon, Louise Woodward, Martin Lluther, Michelangelo, Mount Rushmore, Mussolini, October 31, Princess Margaret, Ray Charles, Richard II, River Phoenix, Spanish flu

1396: 31-year old Richard II weds Isabella of Valois, aged six – yes 6 – in a dynastic marriage. 1517:

1930: Stromboli erupts on Sicily

It happened today – this day in history – September 11

11/09/202010/09/2020 Mick Ferris Anna Lindh, Beatles, Benghazi, Benjamin Franklin, Commonwealth Games, Cromwell, FA Cup, Fangio, Gandhi, Georgi Markov, history, Khrushchev, Olympics, Peter Tosh, Pistorius, Ray Charles, Roosevelt, Scotland, September 11, Stravinsky, Stromboli, Tojo, W C Handy, William Wallace

1297: Scottish rebel William Wallace defeats the Engllish at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 1390: Teutonic Knights begin a five-week

It happened today – on this day in history – February 28

28/02/202027/02/2020 Mick Ferris Crimea, DNA, Father Ted, February 28, history, Kanye, Karami, Michael Jackson, Moorgate, Ray Charles, Selby, Suge, Trump, Waco

1728: Handel’s opera “Siroe, re di Persia” premieres in London. 1749: Henry Fieldings’ novel “Tom Jones” published. 1784: John Wesley