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1961: Yuri Gagarin

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It happened today – this day in history – April 12

12/04/202111/04/2021 YA Reporter Albanis, American Civil War, April 12, Bill Haley, Cambodia, Chiang Kai-shek, Constantinople, EuroDisney, Franklin D Roosevelt, Mick Jagger, news, RUC, Salk, Sarajevo, Scargill, Today in history, Transvaal, Wembley, Whittle, Yuri Gagarin

1204: The 4th Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople. 1654: Ordinance of Union between England and Scotland passed by the Council

1991: Operation Desert Storm. Photo: Air Force Tech. Sgt. H. H. Deffner

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It happened today – this day in history – January 17

17/01/202128/01/2021 YA Reporter Auschwitz, BBC Breakfast Time, Beatles, Borgia, Captain Cook, Chekhov, Chelsea Manning, Duke of Wellington, Gary Gilmour, Gulf War, Hawaii, history, January 17, Japan, Modoc, Obama, Operation Desert Storm, prohobition, Ronald Reagan, South Pole, Transvaal

1377: Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. 1501: Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome

1907: American naval ships leave Virginia on their two-year tour of the world

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It happened today – on this day in history – December 16

16/12/202028/01/2021 Mick Ferris Bangladesh, Battle Of The Bulge, Bosston Tea Party, Charlie Chaplin, December 16, Dior, Great White Fleet, Henry VI, history, Jimmy Greaves, Mt Vesuvius, Napoleon, Oliver Cromwell, Transvaal

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

1975: The Spaghetti House siege in Kensington

It happened today – this day in history – September 28

28/09/202027/09/2020 Mick Ferris Brixton, Bubka, history, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali, Musk, Napoleon Bonaparte, Olympics, Pope John Paul I, Sadat, September 28, Spaghetti House Siege, Toronto, Transvaal, William the Conqueror

551BC: Birth of Confucius. 48BC: Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt. 935: Saint