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1972: Richard Nixon meets Chairman Mao in Beijing

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It happened today – on this day in history – February 21

21/02/202120/02/2021 YA Reporter Britney Spears, Disraeli, Duncan Edwards, Egypt, February 21, Jimmy Swaggart, Joan of Arc, Karl Marx, Mahler, Malcolm X, Pink Floyd, Richard Nixon, Robbie Williams, Robin Cousins, Thomas Becket, Today in history, Verdun, Winter Olympics, Yorkshire Ripper

1173: Pope Alexander III canonises Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. 1431: Joan of Arc’s first day of interrogation during her

1916: Grigori Rasputin

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It happened today – on this day in history – December 29

29/12/202028/01/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Buffalo, December 29, Eire, Graham Hill, history, Macmillan, McCartney, Michael Schumacher, Rasputin, Scott Joplin, Thomas Becket, Vaclav Havel, Wounded Knee

1170: Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, is assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral. 1778: British troops occupy Savannah, Georgia. 1809: Birth of