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1863: Gen Stonewall Jackson

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It happened today – this day in history – May 2

02/05/202201/05/2022 YA Reporter Anne Boleyn, Arthur Miller, Beatles, Belfast, Charles II, Eta, Falklands, Herschel, John Cabot, Leicester City, May 2, news, Nirvana, Oklahoma, Osama bin Laden, Prokofiev, Richard I, Rossini, Second World War, Springsteen, Stanley Matthews, Stonewall Jackson, Tennessee Williams, Today in history, Tony Blair, Tsar Nicholas II

1194: Richard I gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 1497: John Cabot’s expedition departs Bristol searching for new lands across

1885: Gilbert and Sullivan

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It happened today – this day in history – March 14

14/03/202213/03/2022 YA Reporter Beirut, Birmingham Six, Bruckner, Czechoslovakia, Eastman, Eric Clapton, FA Cup, First World War, Gilbert and Sullivan, Henry Addington, Jack Ruby, Jodrell Bank, Liam Cosgrave, March 14, Nepal, news, OPEC, Putin, Rolling Stones, Rossini, Today in history, Verdi, Warren G Harding, William III, zeppelin

1689: Scotland dismisses William III and Mary Stuart as king and queen. 1757: On board his own flagship HMS Monarch,

1919: Emile Cottin in custody (far right) after the attempted assassination of French prime minister Georges Clemenceau

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It happened today – this day in history – February 20

20/02/202219/02/2022 YA Reporter Anthony Eden, Austria, Edward VI, February 20, Handel, Jacobites, John Glen, Jon Venables, Kofi Annan, Mountbatten, Muhammad Ali, Napoleon, news, Orkney, Robert Thompson, Rossini, Second World War, shankhill Butchers, Shetland, Tern Hill, Today in history, Winter Olympics

1472: Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment. 1547: Edward VI is crowned

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

2004: First hi-res colour photo of the surface of Mars

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It happened today – this day in history – January 25

25/01/202224/01/2022 YA Reporter Al Capone, Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Boleyn, Antarctica, Beatles, Beckham, David Owen, Edison, Edward III, El Salvador, Electoral Commission, Eric Cantona, Henry VIII, Idi Amin, January 25, League of Nations, Mars, Mendelssohn, Napoleon, NASA, Nellie Bly, news, Paul McCartney, Rossini, Roy Jenkins, Russia, São Paulo, Shirley Williams, Today in history, Trump, William Rodgers, Winter Olympics

1327: Edward III acceeds to the English throne after the abdication of Edward II. 1533: Henry VIII marries his second

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It happened today – this day in history – January 7

07/01/202206/01/2022 YA Reporter Akihito, Bahamas, Bill Clinton, Boris Godunov, Calais, Cambodia, Charlie Hebdo, Elizabeth I, First World War, Francis Bacon, Fred Ott, Galileo, Harry Truman, Indira Gandhi, January 7, Kaiser Wilhelm, Marshall Plan, Monica Lewinsky, news, Oasis, Rossini, Second World War, Today in history

1536:Catherine of Aragon dies aged 50. 1558: Calais, the last English possession in France, is retaken by the French. 1566:

1939: Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable – Gone With The Wind

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It happened today – this day in history – December 15

15/12/202114/12/2021 YA Reporter Aleppo, Boy George, Connecticut, David Blunkett, December 15, Diane Modahl, Dias, Dvorák, Eichmann, Fats Waller, First World War, Gemini 6, Gibraltar, Glenn Miller, Gone With The Wind, John Major, Napoleon, news, Obamacare, Rossini, Second World War, Sitting Bull, Today in history, Trivial Pursuit, Verdun

37: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus is born in Antium. 1488: Explorer Bartolomeu Dias returns to Portugal after becoming the

1939: The Graf Spee

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It happened today – this day in history – December 13

13/12/202112/12/2021 YA Reporter Abel Tasman, Brixton, December 13, English Civil War, First World War, Gershwin, Greece, Jerusalem, Kofi Annan, Lauren Hill, Lewis Hamilton, Malta, Nanjing, news, Paraguay, Poland, Rossini, Second World War, Sir Francis Drake, thalidomide, Today in history

1294: Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months. 1466: Death of artist Donatello aged 80. 1577: Sir

1940: Winston Churchill

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It happened today – this day in history – August 20

20/08/202119/08/2021 YA Reporter Alaska, Andrew Johnson, August 20, Bannon, Beatles, Berlin Wall, Bobby Moore, Churchill, Duchess of York, First World War, Hungary, Mafeking, Marchioness, Mo Farah, NASA, news, Olynpics, Pendle Witch Trial, Richard I, Rossini, Second World War, Stalin, Sun Yat-Sen, Tchaikovsky, Today in history

2AD: Venus and Jupiter in conjunction – possible astrological explanation for Star of Bethlehem. 1000: Hungary is established as a

1999: Thierry Henry and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

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It happened today – this day in history – August 3

03/08/202102/08/2021 YA Reporter August 3, Beatles, Columbus, Commonwealth Games, Formula 1, Holly Wells, Horatio Nelson, Jessica Chapman, La Scala, news, Neymar, Olympics, Panama Canal, Paul McCartney, Ronald Reagan, Rossini, Thierry Henry, Today in history, traffic lights

1460: Death of King James II of Scotland aged 29. 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with

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