February 6th – Birthdays and Events
1958 - Seven Manchester United footballers (Busby’s Babes) died in their Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador when the plane crashed in thick snow on the runway at Munich airport during its third attempted take off.
February 5th – Birthdays and Events
2004 - The Morecambe Bay cockling disaster. Twenty-three Chinese cockle pickers died after becoming trapped by incoming tides off the Lancashire coast. A further 15 cockle pickers survived and the disaster left an indelible mark on all those it affected.
February 4th – Birthdays and Events
2013 - A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park in August 2012 was confirmed as that of King Richard III. He was the last king of the House of York and died in 1485.
February 3rd – Birthdays and Events
1959 - Buddy Holly, Richie Valens And The Big Bopper die when their small aircraft crashes in snow shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa.
February 2nd – Birthdays and Events
1901 - Queen Victoria State Funeral in St. George’s Chapel. After the funeral her coffin lay-in-state in The Albert Memorial Chapel for two days and was then taken to The Mausoleum by The Royal Horse Artillery.
February 1st – Birthdays and Events
1979 - Trevor Francis, aged 24, became the first £1m footballer in England, signing for Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest.
January 31st – Birthdays and Events
1967 - The Beatles spent a second day at Knole Park, Sevenoaks, to complete filming for the ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ promotional video.
January 30th – Birthdays and Events
2019 - Scientists reveal discovery of cavity six miles long, 1,000 feet deep under Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, leading to fears it might collapse and raise sea levels by two feet.
January 29th – Birthdays and Events
1985 - Oxford University snubbed Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by refusing her an honorary degree. Academics led a campaign against honouring Mrs. Thatcher in protest against the government’s cuts in funding for education.