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1937: Frank Whittle

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It happened today – this day in history – April 12

12/04/202211/04/2022 YA Reporter Admiral George Rodney, American Civil War, April 12, Bill Haley, Cambodia, Chiang Kai-shek, Clinton, Constantinople, EuroDisney, Flaubert, Frank Whittle, Franklin D Roosevelt, news, Olympics, Ordinance of Union, RUC, Salk, Scargill, Second World War, Syria, Today in history, Transvaal, Yuri Gagarin

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

1983: Frank Bough and Selina Scott

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It happened today – this day in history – January 17

17/01/202216/01/2022 YA Reporter Auschwitz, Beatles, Breakfast Time, Captain James Cook, Cesare Borgia, Chekhov, Chelsea Manning, Duke of Wellington, Frank Bough, Gary Gilmore, Jacobites, January 17, Marcos, Modoc War, news, Operation Desert Storm, Pope Gregory XI, prohibition, Robert Falcon Scott, Second World War, Selina Scott, Today in history, Transvaal

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

1854: Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, Crimea by William Simpson

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It happened today – this day in history – October 25

25/10/202124/10/2021 YA Reporter Abebe Bikila, Agincourt, Austria, Battle of Balaclava, Brahms, Cassini, Charge of the Light Brigade, Cliff Richard, George II, George III, Greneda, Henry V, Johnny Cash, news, October 25, Second World War, Steinbeck, Surtees, Tchaikovsky, Today in history, Transvaal

1400: Author and poet Geoffrey Chaucer dies aged 54. 1415: Henry V’s forces defeat the larger French army at the

1923: The Radio Times is published for the first time

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It happened today – this day in history – September 28

28/09/202127/09/2021 YA Reporter Brixton, Cabrillo, Confucius, First World War, Henry I, Miles Davis, miners strike, Muhammad Ali, Musk, Napoleon, news, Olympics, Pope John Paul I, Radio Times, Ryder Cup, Sadat, Second World War, September 28, Spaghetti House Siege, Today in history, Transvaal, Wayne Rooney, William the Conqueror, Yorktown

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

1961: Yuri Gagarin

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It happened today – this day in history – April 12

12/04/202111/04/2021 YA Reporter 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