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THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR: A Nation at War

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Moor

Any of the northwestern African Muslims, of mixed Arab and Berber origin, who conquered Spain and ruled its southern part from 711 to 1492, when they were forced to renounce their faith and became Christian (they were then known as Moriscos). The name (English form of Latin Maurus) was originally applied to an inhabitant of the Roman province of Mauritania, in northwestern Africa.

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28 February 1975

43 people are killed on the London Underground when a train crashes at Moorgate Station

17 March 1995
Ronnie Kray, the East End gangster, dies from a heart attack whilst serving a life prison sentence for murder, in Broadmoor jail.

30 April 711
Led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad, Moorish troops land at Gibraltar beginning their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.

6 May 1966
At Chester Crown Court in England, Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are found guilty of torturing and killing several children before burying their bodies.

2 July 1644
English Civil War: The Battle of Marston Moor. The first victory of the war for the Parliamentary forces with Cromwell’s Army defeating the Royalist Army.

12 July 1963
In England, Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley abduct their first victim, Pauline Reade.

26 July 1469
War of the Roses: The House of Lancaster defeats the House of York at the Battle of Edgecote Moor in Northamptonshire.

30 July 1898
British sculptor Henry Moore is born in Yorkshire.

4 August 1987
In Britain, Moors Murderer Ian Brady claims to have killed a further five victims.

20 August 1970
England football captain Bobby Moore is cleared of stealing an emerald bracelet in Colombia.

22 September 1975
U.S. President Gerald Ford survives an assassination attempt when he is shot at by Sarah Jane Moore. Ford had already survived one attempt on his life that month when Lynette Fromme also tried to kill him.