It happened today – this day in history – April 7
1724: Bach’s “St John Passion” premieres in Leipzig. 1739: Highwayman Dick Turpin is executed for horse theft. 1770: Birth of
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It happened today – this day in history – March 22
871: Ethelred van Wessex defeats the Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. 1421: The French defeat the English
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It happened today – this day in history – March 14
1689: Scotland dismisses William III and Mary Stuart as king and queen. 1757: On board his own flagship HMS Monarch,
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It happened today – on this day in history – March 6
1475: Birth of Michelangelo in Tuscany. 1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam. 1619: Birth of French playwright Cyrano de
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It happened today – on this day in history – February 27
1594: Henry IV is crowned king of France. 1670: Jews are expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I. 1678:
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The danger of cancel culture
The right to free speech is coming under serious threat from a wave of puritanical fervour in the wake of
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It happened today – this day in history – January 20
1265: The first English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) meets in
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They think it’s all over… it’s not yet!
In January 2017, as Donald Trump finished his inauguration speech in front of either the largest crowd for an inauguration
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It happened today – this day in history – December 4
1123: Death of Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyám. 1154: Nicholas Breakspear is elected Pope Adrian IV, the
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Biden his time – however much of that may be left
The walls of the White House are bedecked with portraits of all the former presidents of the United States from
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