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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

1922: The BBC begins daily radio broadcasts

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It happened today – this day in history – November 14

14/11/202113/11/2021 YA Reporter Anne Boleyn, Apollo 12, BBC radio, Brexit, Channel Tunnel, Einstein, Greenham Common, Henry VIII, Heseltine, Lockerbie, Michael Jackson, Moby Dick, news, November 14, Omsk, Pizarro, Princess Anne, Samuel Pepys, Sebastopol, Second World War, Thatcher, Today in history, Treasure Island, Vettel, William III

1380: King Charles VI of France is crowned at age 12. 1524: Francisco Pizarro begins his first great expedition, near

1998: Geri Halliwell (second right) leaves The Spice Girls

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It happened today – this day in history – May 31

31/05/202130/05/2021 YA Reporter Arsenal, Arthur Miller, Beatles, Boer War, Churchill, Francis Bacon, Gangnam Style, Geri Halliwell, HMS Beagle, Jutland, Kellogg, Lennon, Liverpool, Luftwaffe, MAdison Square Garden, May 31, news, Oasis, Peppa Pig, Ramesses II, Samuel Pepys, Sex Pistols, South Africa, Spice Girls, The Monkees, The Who, Titanic, Today in history, Tulsa, Usain Bolt, Yoko

1279BC: Ramesses II becomes Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 1495: Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV and Richard III, dies aged

1945: United States Marines raise the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 23

23/02/202122/02/2021 YA Reporter Alamo, Beatles, Fangio, February 23, Handel, Iwo Jima, Mussolini, Oasis, Panama Canal, Pavarotti, plutonium, Roy Hodgson, Samuel Pepys, Spain, Today in history, William III, Woody Guthrie

1633: Birth of diarist Samuel Pepys. 1685: Birth of composer George Frideric Handel in Halle, Germany. 1689: William III is

1917: T E Lawrence

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It happened today – this day in history – January 1

01/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter ABBA, Abraham Lincoln, Albany, Australia, Beatles, Brahms, British Rail, Ceres, Claudius, Cuba, Don Bradman, EEC, Farenheit, Frankenstein, Fred West, Haiti, Hank Williams, history, January 1, Oslo, pension, Queen Victoria, Röntgen, Samuel Pepys, T E Lawrence, Top of the Pops

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