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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

2013: Chris Gayle

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It happened today – this day in history – April 23

23/04/202222/04/2022 Mick Ferris American Civil War, April 23, Bartok, Beatles, Blair Peach, Brian Boru, Charles II, Chris Gayle, Dostoyevsky, Eritrea, Ethelred, Henry VI, HIV, John Lennon, news, Paul McCartney, Princess Anne, Queen Anne, Queen Victoria, Rolling Stones, Shakespeare, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Trump

871: Death of Ethelred I, King of Wessex. 1014: King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of

1996: Erik and Lyle Menendez

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It happened today – this day in history – March 20

20/03/202220/03/2022 YA Reporter Abebe Bikila, Baghdad, Beatles, Boston, Chirac, Dachau, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, First World War, Grand National, Henry IV, Humphrey Bogart, Japan, Jesse James, KFC, Lennon, March 20, Menendez, Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson, Mt Vesuvius, Napoleon, news, Northern Ireland, Obama, Princess Anne, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Tunisia, Volta, Walter Raleigh, Warrington, World Cup

1413: Death of Henry IV. 1616: Walter Raleigh is released from the Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana.

1952: Princess Elizabeth returns from Kenya as Queen after the death of her father King George VI

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It happened today – this day in history – February 6

06/02/202205/02/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, Ariel Sharon, Bengazi, Charlie Chaplin, Constantinople, Diane Blood, February 6, George Harrison, George VI, James II, Klaus Barbie, Manchester United, Monopoly, Muhammad Ali, Munich Air Disaster, news, Nixon, Northern Ireland, Palmerston, Pope Pius XI, Schumann, Second World War, Stamford Raffles, Stanley Matthews, suffrage, Super Bowl, Today in history, Winter Olympics

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

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

1956: Stanley Matthews is awarded the first Ballon d'Or for European Footballer of the Year

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It happened today – this day in history – December 18

18/12/202117/12/2021 YA Reporter December 18, Education Act, First World War, George Hamilton-Gordon, George Harrison, George III, Hannibal, John Lennon, Jose Mourinho, Kirsty MacColl, Lord Roberts, Magherafelt, Michael Jackson, news, Piltdown Man, Second World War, Stanley Matthews, Tchaikovsky, Today in history, Trump, Verdun

218BC: Hannibal’s Carthaginian army heavily defeats Roman forces on Italian soil during the Second Punic War. 1621: Parliament unanimously accepts

2000: Zach de la Rocha

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It happened today – this day in history – October 18

18/10/202117/10/2021 YA Reporter Aaron Copeland, Al Capone, Al Green, Alaska, Alec Douglas Home, Andreas Baader, BBC, Beatles, Bob Beamon, Congo Free State, Czechoslovakia, E M Forster, Edison, Elvis Presley, Erich Honecker, First Balkan War, Jenson Button, Lennon, Listz, Louis XIV, Mahler, NASA, news, October 18, Olympics, Paul McCartney, Ronettes, Second Opium War, Second World War, Stanley Matthews, Today in history

1009: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks

1936: Amy Johnson

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It happened today – this day in history – May 15

15/05/202114/05/2021 YA Reporter Amy Johnson, Anne Boleyn, British Legion, Christmas Island, Cologne Cathedral, Dillinger, General Galtieri, George Harrison, George III, George Wallace, IOC, Israel, John Lennon, Kepler, King John, LAs Vegas, May 15, news, Okinawa, Old Trafford, Palestine, Paris, Paul McCartney, Real Madrid, Richey Edwards, Rocky Marciano, Sputnik, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Tottenham Hotspur, Zidane

1213: King John names Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury. 1248: Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays the cornerstone for Cologne

1997: Tony Blair

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It happened today – this day in history – May 2

02/05/202128/04/2022 YA Reporter Anne Boleyn, Beatles, Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Cabot, Charles II, Eta, Falklands, General Belgrano, Herschel, Joy Division, Leicester City, May 2, Michael Jackson, Motown, news, Osama bin Laden, Portsmouth, Rossini, Stanley Matthews, Stonewall Jackson, Today in history, Tony Blair

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

1979: Blair Peach

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It happened today – this day in history – April 23

23/04/202123/04/2021 YA Reporter Alexander I, April 23, Beatles, Blair Peach, Charles II, Eritrea, Ethelred, Henry VI, HIV, John Lennon, news, Paul McCartney, Queen Anne, Queen Victoria, Robert E Lee, Shakespeare, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Trump, Yeltsin

871: Death of Ethelred I, King of Wessex. 1014: King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of

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