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2016: Usain Bolt (centre)

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – August 14

14/08/202113/08/2021 YA Reporter August 14, Beatles, Churchill, Cologne, Columbus, Duncan I, Dwight D Eisenhower, Elizabeth I, Fastnet, Franklin D Roosevelt, Gdansk, Ho Chi Minh, Jack Brabham, Japan, Kevin Keegan, news, Nicaragua, Olympics, Pakistan, Timothy McVeigh, Today in history, Tristan da Cunha, Usain Bolt, William of Orange

1040: King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. 1498: Christopher Columbus

1998: Geri Halliwell (second right) leaves The Spice Girls

News Today in History

It happened today – this day in history – May 31

31/05/202130/05/2021 YA Reporter Arsenal, Arthur Miller, Beatles, Boer War, Churchill, Francis Bacon, Gangnam Style, Geri Halliwell, HMS Beagle, Jutland, Kellogg, Lennon, Liverpool, Luftwaffe, MAdison Square Garden, May 31, news, Oasis, Peppa Pig, Ramesses II, Samuel Pepys, Sex Pistols, South Africa, Spice Girls, The Monkees, The Who, Titanic, Today in history, Tulsa, Usain Bolt, Yoko

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

1968: Crowds of protesters surround Soviet tanks during the invasion of Czechoslovakia

It happened today – this day in history – August 20

20/08/202019/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 20, Berlin Wall, Beyonce, Bobby Moore, Churchill, Czechoslovakia, Duchess of York, history, Lovecraft, Mafeking, Marchioness, Mo Farah, River Thames, Rockefeller, Tchaikovsky, Tiger Woods, Usain Bolt

1000: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I. 1191: Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko.

1962: Ringo Starr

It happened today – this day in history – August 18

18/08/202017/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 18, Beatles, Bradman, Genghis Khan, history, Imran Khan, Jagger, Krupa, Manchester United, Nabokov, Olympics, Pendle, Ringo Starr, Usain Bolt, USS Indianapolis

1227: Death of Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan (Temüjin Borjigin). 1587: Virginia Dare is the first English child born in the

1967: Radio Caroline became the only pirate station left broadcasting off the British coast after the the passing of the Marine Broadcasting Act

It happened today – this day in history – August 14

14/08/202009/08/2021 Mick Ferris August 14, Bahrain, Beatles, Boy George, Brabham, Churchill, Columbus, Fastnet, history, Japan, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Pakistan, Radio Caroline, Timothy McVeigh, Usain Bolt

1040: King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. 1498: Christopher Columbus

1908: Model T Ford

It happened today – this day in history – August 12

12/08/202011/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 12, Beatles, Churchill, Cleopatra, George IV, Gilligan, Hirohito, history, Led Zeppelin, Lennon, Lister, Model T Ford, Olympics, Usain Bolt

30BC: Cleopatra commits suicide. 1323: The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first

1963: Ready Steady Go host Cathy McGowan and Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones

It happened today – this day in history – August 9

09/08/202008/08/2020 Mick Ferris August 9, Cliff Richard, Cromwell, Daley Thompson, Edward VII, Gallipoli, Gerald Ford, history, Jesse Owens, Joe Orton, Julius Ceasar, Nagasaki, Napoleon, Northern Ireland, Olympics, Queen, Ready Steady Go, Sharon Tate, Usain Bolt

48BC: Julius Ceasar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 681: Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on