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1953: Winston Churchill is knighted by The Queen

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It happened today – this day in history – April 24

24/04/202124/04/2021 YA Reporter April 24, Athletics, Bishopsgate, Bowie, Churchill, Easter Rising, Exeter, Gambia, John Lennon, Mau Mau, news, Paul McCartney, Soyuz 1, Spain, Today in history, Truman, Vesuvius, Ypres

1731: Death of novelist Daniel Defoe. 1801: First performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “Die Jahreszeiten”. 1872: Mt Vesuvius erupts in

1966: John Lennon records the vocal for Tomorrow Never Knows while sitting upside down

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It happened today – this day in history – April 7

07/04/202106/04/2021 YA Reporter April 7, Bach, Baghdad, Beatles, Beethoven, Deng Xiaoping, Dick Turpin, George Michael, Hansie Cronje, Jim Clark, Jimmy Carter, John Stonehouse, John Wayne, Keith Richards, Lee Brilleaux, Mick Jagger, news, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Today in history, Trump, Vesuvius

1724: Bach’s “St John Passion” premieres in Leipzig. 1739: Highwayman Dick Turpin is executed for horse theft. 1770: Birth of

1994: Kurt Cobain

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It happened today – this day in history – April 5

05/04/202104/04/2021 YA Reporter April 5, Beatles, Beethoven, Boris, Chile, Churchill, COVID-19, Elvis Presley, Falklands, Grand National, Grenada, Ibrox, James Callaghan, James I, Mary Poppins, Mt Tambora, news, Oscar Wilde, Pocahontas, Rosenberg, Sarajevo, St Patrick, Strauss, Today in history, Vesuvius

456: Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop. 1424: James I of Scotland returns home after 18 years

1932: Stanley Matthew makes his league debut for Stoke City

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It happened today – this day in history – March 20

20/03/202119/03/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Gloria Estefan, Grand National, Henry IV, Humphrey Bogart, Jesse James, KFC, Lennon, March 20, Menendez, Mike Tyson, Napoleon, news, Obama, Princess Anne, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Tunisia, Vesuvius, Volta, Walter Raleigh, World Cup, Yoko Ono

1413: Death of Henry IV. 1616: Walter Raleigh is released from the Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana.

1905: Albert Einstein

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It happened today – this day in history – March 17

17/03/202117/03/2021 YA Reporter Beatles, Black Prince, Boat race, Einstein, Fabrice Muamba, Italy, Julius Ceasar, Kentucky, London Bridge, Mafeking, Magellan, March 17, Marie Stopes, news, Ronnie Kray, South Africa, Today in history, Vesuvius, Vincent van Gogh

45BC: In his last victory, Julius Ceasar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the

1932: Amelia Earhart

It happened today – this day in history – August 24

24/08/202023/08/2020 Mick Ferris Amelia Earhart, August 24, Brian Keenan, Charlotte Bronte, Edison, George Michael, Gorbachev, history, Jeffrey Epstein, Jimmy Greaves, Judas Priest, Justin Timberlake, Magna Carta, Mark Chapman, Michael Jackson, Mozart, Prince Andrew, Stephen Hawking, Steve Jobs, Vesuvius

79: Mt Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing 15,000. 410: Rome is overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for

1969: Austin Maxi

It happened today – this day in history – April 24

24/04/202023/04/2020 Mick Ferris April 24, Austin Maxi, Beatles, Bowie, Churchill, Easter Rising, history, McCartney, Vesuvius, Ypres

1731: Death of novelist Daniel Defoe. 1801: First performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “Die Jahreszeiten”. 1872: Mt Vesuvius erupts in