1979 - Trevor Francis, aged 24, became the first £1m footballer in England, signing for Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest.

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").

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.

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.

1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after takeoff, killing all seven crew members.

2001 - The first Holocaust Memorial Day was held in Britain on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops.

1926 - John Logie Baird gave a special public demonstration of television to members of the Royal Institution in London.

1998 - Posh (Victoria Adams) and Becks (David Beckham) announced their engagement after dating for less than a year.

2023 - The Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight after new escalations in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.