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1901: The funeral cortege of Queen Victoria

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It happened today – this day in history – February 2

02/02/202101/02/2021 Mick Ferris Alexander Selkirk, Buddy Holly, Elizabeth Taylor, Estnia, F W de Klerk, February 2, Handel, Haydn, Idi Amin, Joachin Phoenix, Joe Orton, Keith Emerson, King Stephen, Robert Walpole, Rossini, Sinatra, Skinny Puppy, Today in history, Ulysses, Yoko Ono, York Cathedral

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

1947: Test pilot Chuck Yeager

It happened today – this day in history – October 14

14/10/202013/10/2020 Mick Ferris Apollo 7, Battle of Hastings, Brezhnev, Cecil Parkinson, Christopher Columbus, Chuck Yeager, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Haile Selassie, Harvey Weinstein, history, Khrushchev, Leonard Bernstein, Martin Luther King, Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Rand, October 14, Robert the Bruce, Sinatra, Sobibor, Winnie the Pooh, Winston Churchill

1066: The Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who

It happened today – this day in history – July 20

20/07/202019/07/2020 Mick Ferris Alexander the Great, Apollo 11, Bandaranaike, Beatles, Bruce Lee, Dr David Kelly, Elvis, history, Hyde Park, July 20, Mike Tyson, Pancho Villa, Regents Park, Sinatra, Vaclav Havel, Zatopek

356BC: Alexander the Great is born in Macedonia. 1304: Edward I of England takes Stirling Castle, the last rebel stronghold

1977: Bette Davis

It happened today – on this day in history – March 2

02/03/202001/03/2020 Mick Ferris Beatles, Bette Davis, Charles I, Elvis, history, Leeson, March 2, Napoleon, Putin, Queen Victoria, Rhodesia, Sessions, Sinatra

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

1964: Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay

It happened today – on this day in history -February 25

25/02/202024/02/2020 Mick Ferris Aquino, Bradman, Bruno, Clay, February 25, Galliano, history, Liston, Sinatra, Tyson

138: Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. 1570: Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I for heresy

1940: Lana Turner

It happened today – on this day in history – February 13

13/02/202012/02/2020 Mick Ferris Chernenko, February 13, Glencoe, history, Lana Turner, Lincoln, Mata Hari, Netanyahu, Sinatra, Take That

1542: Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII is beheaded for adultery aged 18. On the same day Jane Boleyn,

1940: Frank Sinatra

It happened today – this day in history – February 2

02/02/202002/02/2020 Mick Ferris February 2, history, Orton, Queen Victoria, Sarkozy, Sid Vicious, Sinatra, Taylor, Ulysses

1349: By this date at least 200 people a day were being buried in London as a result of the

1969: The Monkees (Peter Tork top left)

It happened today – this day in history – December 30

30/12/201929/12/2019 Mick Ferris Beatles, December 30, Harrison, history, Liston, Monkees, Nixon, Ross, Saddam, Sinatra

1460: The Duke of York is killed at the Battle of Wakefield in the War of the Roses. 1730: About

1980: Steve McQueen

It happened today – this day in history – November 7

07/11/201906/11/2019 Mick Ferris history, McQueen, November 7, Prost, Robinson, Roosevelt, Sinatra, Suez

1800: It becomes illegal for women in Paris to wear trousers without a Police permit. 1820: James Monroe is re-elected