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1967: Otis Redding at the Monterey Festival

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – June 16

16/06/202116/06/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Andropov, Beatles, Bjorn Borg, Blues Brothers, Bob Dylan, Brezhnev, George Reeves, George VI, Henry VII, Jo Cox, Juan Peron, June 16, Mary Queen of Scots, Monterey, Napoleon, news, Princess of Wales, Rolling Stones, Rudolf Nureyev, Salvation Army, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Tiger Woods, Today in history, Trump, Tsar Nicholas II, Valentina Tereshkova, VAR, Virginia

1487: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell at the Battle of Stoke Field – the last

1991: So-called Highway of Death in Iraq after coalition planes repeatedly bombed it during Operation Desert Storm

News Today in History

It happened today – on this day in history – February 26

26/02/202125/02/2021 YA Reporter Abraham Lincoln, Beirut, Charlie Chaplin, Christopher Marlowe, Churchill, February 26, Galileo, Golden Gate Bridge, Grand National, Gulf War, Ibsen, Kuwait, Luftwaffe, Napoleon, news, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Today in history, World Trade Centre

1564: Birth of dramatist Christopher Marlowe in Canterbury. 1606: First known European landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Jansz.

1950: The Peak District

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

28/12/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Debbie Reynolds, December 28, Denis Wilson, history, Lemmy, Lumiere, Neptune, Ted Hughes, Westminster Abbey

1065: Westminster Abbey is consecrated. 1612: Gallileo observes and records a “fixed star” without realising it is the undiscovered planet