February 1st – On This Day
1979 - Trevor Francis, aged 24, became the first £1m footballer in England, signing for Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest.
January 31st – On This Day
1990 - The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opened in Pushkin Square, Moscow, marking a historic, symbolic shift towards Western culture during glasnost (Russian for "openness").
January 30th – On This Day
1969 - The Beatles made a media splash when they played an unannounced gig on the roof of the Apple Corps building in London. The lunchtime set marked the legendary band’s final live performance.
January 29th – On This Day
1964 - The 9th Winter Olympics, known as IX Olympic Winter Games and commonly called Innsbruck 1964, opened in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964.
January 28th – On This Day
1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after takeoff, killing all seven crew members.
January 27th – On This Day
2001 - The first Holocaust Memorial Day was held in Britain on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops.
January 26th – On This Day
1926 - John Logie Baird gave a special public demonstration of television to members of the Royal Institution in London.
January 25th – On This Day
1998 - Posh (Victoria Adams) and Becks (David Beckham) announced their engagement after dating for less than a year.
January 24th – On This Day
2023 - The Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight after new escalations in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.