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It happened today – this day in history – June 19

19/06/202318/06/2023 YA Reporter Botham, boxing, Calvi, Escobar, Eta, Formula 1, George V, golf, June 19, Kuwait, Louis IV, Lucan, Marilyn Monroe, McCartney, McKinley, Metropolitan Police, NASA, news, Nurmi, Prince Edward, Robert the Bruce, Rosenberg, Stephen King, The Who, Today in history, UFO, Whitelaw, Winehouse, World Cup

987: Louis IV is crowned king of France. 1306: The Earl of Pembroke’s army defeats Robert the Bruce’s Scottish army

2004: Peppa Pig

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It happened today – this day in history – May 31

31/05/202330/05/2023 YA Reporter Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Beatles, Benfica, Boer War, Bolt, Boxer Rebellion, boxing, Cambodia, Churchill, cricket, First World War, golf, HMS Beagle, Hungary, Jim Clark, Kellogg, Kissinger, Lennon, Liverpool, MAdison Square Garden, May 31, Monkees, news, Oasis, Peppa Pig, Peppa Ppig, Pepys, Psy, Ramesses II, Second World War, Sex Pistols, Sir Francis Bacon, South Africa, South Vietnam, Spanish Civil War, tennis, The Who, Titanic, Today in history, Trans-Siberian railway, Tulsa, Zidane

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

1967: Dr Christiaan Barnard

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It happened today – this day in history – December 3

03/12/202202/12/2022 YA Reporter Agatha Christie, Andrew Jackson, Attenborough, Bhopal, Bob Marley, Celsius, December 3, Dr Christiaan Barnard, Edwina Currie, Elgar, First Balkan War, First World War, Franco, Henry Morton Stanley, IRA, Judas Priest, Laos, Louis Washkansky, Modric, NASA, neon, news, Pele, Pink Floyd, Second World War, Tennessee Williams, The Who, Today in history

1676: The Swedish army of 8,000 defeats a much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000 at the Battle of Lund

1964: Dawn Fraser

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It happened today – this day in history – October 13

13/10/202213/10/2022 YA Reporter American Civil War, Ankara, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Copiapó, Damon Hill, Dawn Fraser, Henry IV, Mahler, Mecca, Mubarak, Nero, news, Northern Ireland, October 13, Olympics, Second World War, Simone Biles, The Who, Today in history, Vietnam, Yom Kippur War

54AD: Nero succeeds Claudius as Roman Emperor 1399: Henry of Bolingbroke is crowned King Henry IV of England at Westminster

1937: Bessie Smith (Photo by Carl Van Vechten)

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It happened today – this day in history – September 26

26/09/202226/09/2022 YA Reporter America's Cup, American Revolution, Ashanti, Bessie Smith, Bolivia, Concorde, Dag Hammarskjöld, Earl Grey, First World War, Francis Drake, gramophone, Great Plague, Kennedy, Laker, McCartney, news, Nixon, Paolo Di Canio, RMS Queen Mary, Ryder Cup, Second World War, September 26, Shevardnadze, The Who, Today in history, Toya Maru

46BC: Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix 1181: Birth of St Francis of Assisi. 1396:

1917: The Battle of Passchendaele

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It happened today – this day in history – July 31

31/07/202230/07/2022 YA Reporter Apollo 15, Beatles, Burns, Buskhill, Castro, Claudy, Columbus, Defoe, Eagles, Elvis Presley, First World War, George Bush, Gorbachev, Hundred Years War, Inkatha, July 31, K2, Kaiser Wilhelm, Keith Richards, Laval, Marc Antony, Mick Jagger, Mosley, NASA, news, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Passchendaele, Putin, Scaramucci, Spycatcher, The Who, Tibet, Today in history, Tour de France, Weimar, Zara Phillips

54BC: Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar, dies at 66. 30BC: Marc Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian at

2014: Psy – Gangnam Style

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It happened today – this day in history – May 31

31/05/202230/05/2022 YA Reporter Arsenal, Arthur Miller, Bayern Munich, Beatles, Benfica, Boer War, Bolt, Boxer Rebellion, Churchill, First World War, Geri Halliwell, Golan Heights, HMS Beagle, Johannesburg, Kellogg, Kissinger, Lennon, Liverpool, MAdison Square Garden, May 31, Monkees, news, Oasis, Psy, Ramesses II, Samuel Pepys, Second World War, Sex Pistols, Sir Francis Bacon, The Who, Today in history, Tulsa, Zidane

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

1964: The Beatles arrive in New York

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It happened today – this day in history – February 7

07/02/202206/02/2022 YA Reporter Amelia Earhart, Beatles, Bruce McCandless, Charlie Chaplin, Edward II, Ellen MacArthur, February 7, Gen Douglas MacArthur, Great Siege of Gibraltar, Haiti, Lord Byron, Maastricht Treaty, Mongols, Natal, news, Second World War, Super Bowl, Switzerland, Tasmania, The Who, Today in history, Tom Brady, Winter Olympics

1238: The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. 1301: Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes the first English

1955: Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport

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It happened today – this day in history – December 16

16/12/202115/12/2021 YA Reporter AC Milan, Bangladesh, Battle Of The Bulge, Boston Tea Party, December 16, Dior, Dungannon, Eisenhower, First Balkan War, First Boer War, First World War, Haiti, Hartlepool, Heathrow, Henry VI, Mt Fuji, Mt Vesuvius, Napoleon, news, Oliver Cromwell, Piccadilly Line, Second World War, The Who, Today in history, Truman, Vasco da Gama

1431: Henry VI of England is crowned king of France. 1485: Birth of Catherine of Aragon in Madrid. 1497: Portuguese

1976: Pig on the wing over Battersea Power Station during photo shoot for the Pink Floyd album Animals

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It happened today – this day in history – December 3

03/12/202102/12/2021 YA Reporter Agatha Christie, Andrew Jackson, Ballarat, Bhopal, Celsius, Charistiaan Barnard, Cibber, cold war, December 3, Edwina Currie, Elgar, First World War, heart transplant, IRA, Judas Priest, Keith Richards, Laos, Leopoldville, Manchester, news, Pele, Pink Floyd, Ray Charles, Rolling Stones, Second World War, Tennessee Williams, The Who, Today in history

1676: The Swedish army of 8,000 defeats a much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000 at the Battle of Lund

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