2012: The Olympic Games open in London
27/07/2021 26/07/2021 YA Reporter Atlanta, Bank of England, Bezos, Bugs Bunny, Edward Heath, Gooch, insulin, Jim Laker, July 27, King John, Lennon, news, Nixon, Olympics, Queen Anne, Robespierre, Shearer, Today in history, Vincent van Gogh, Walter Raleigh
1214: King John of England loses Normandy and his other possessions in France to Philip II of France (hence his
1979: Blair Peach
It happened today – this day in history – April 23
23/04/2021 23/04/2021 YA Reporter Alexander I, April 23, Beatles, Blair Peach, Charles II, Eritrea, Ethelred, Henry VI, HIV, John Lennon, news, Paul McCartney, Queen Anne, Queen Victoria, Robert E Lee, Shakespeare, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Trump, Yeltsin
871: Death of Ethelred I, King of Wessex. 1014: King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of
1963: Alcatraz Prison closes
It happened today – this day in history – March 21
21/03/2021 20/03/2021 YA Reporter Alcatraz, Ant McPartlin, Beatles, Beethoven, Dana, Ethiopia, Hakodate, Henry V, Iran, James I, March 21, Martin Luther King, Milly Dowler, news, Pocahontas, Potsdam, Queen Anne, Sharpeville, Thatcher, Today in history
1413: Henry of Monmouth, Prince of Wales, becomes King Henry V of England. 1610: King James I of England and
1985: Mikhail Gorbachev
11/03/2021 10/03/2021 YA Reporter Auschwitz, Franklin D Roosevelt, Goths, Keith Emerson, Lithuania, Madrid, March 11, Mikhail Gorbachev, news, North Korea, Oasis, Queen Anne, Today in history, Verdi
537: Goths lay siege to Rome. 1513: Giovanni de' Medici chosen as Pope Leo X. 1702: The first English daily
2016: Brian Johnson and Angus Young from AC/DC
It happened today – on this day in history – March 8
08/03/2021 07/03/2021 Mick Ferris AC/DC, Beatles, Beirut, Bluebird, Brian Johnson, Donald Trump, helicopter, Henry VIII, Jupiter, Malaysia, Malcolm X, March 8, Muhammad Ali, news, Paul McCartney, Princess Anne, Queen Anne, Sibelius, Suez Canal, Today in history, Toyota, Vietnam
1531: Henry VIII is recognised as supreme head of Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury. 1702: Queen Anne
1958: Manchester United players perish in the Munich air disaster
It happened today – this day in history – February 6
06/02/2021 05/02/2021 Mick Ferris Arthur Ashe, Charlie Chaplin, Constantinople, Danny Blanchfower, February 6, George VI, James II, John Wayne Gacy, Klaus Barbie, Manchester United, Monopoly, Prince Alfred, Queen Anne, Raffles, Richard Nixon, Schumann, Stanley Matthews, Today in history, Tupac Shakur, Winter Olympics
1189: Riots in Norfolk spread to Norwich. 1665: Queen Anne (Stuart) is born in St James' Palace. 1685: The Duke