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4th February 1945: Yalta Conference begins, attended by the ‘Big Three’ of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin Feb 04, 2026

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The conference saw Allied leaders United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the government of post-war ...

3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA Feb 03, 2026

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Operation Looking Glass began flying an Airborne Command Post above the United States 24 hours a ...

2nd February 1887: First officially recorded Groundhog Day observance takes place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Feb 02, 2026

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The custom of predicting the weather using an animal drew on older beliefs brought to North America by German-speaking immigrants, whose tradition stated that clear weather on that date suggested a prolonged winter while overcast conditions indicated an early ...

1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation Feb 01, 2026

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The Greensboro sit-ins began when four black students sat at the ‘whites only’ lunch counter in the Woolworth department ...

31st January 1990: McDonald’s opens its first fast food restaurant in the Soviet Union on Moscow’s Pushkin Square Jan 31, 2026

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Although a standard hamburger cost the price of ten loaves of bread, some news outlets estimated that 30,000 people passed through the doors on the first ...

30th January 1975: Rubik’s Cube first patented by Hungarian architect and designer Ernő Rubik Jan 30, 2026

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International recognition came after the cube was exhibited at the 1979 Nuremberg Toy Fair where it attracted the attention of the Ideal Toy Company, and was later renamed Rubik's ...

29th January 1856: The Victoria Cross medal for valour introduced by Queen Victoria Jan 29, 2026

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The Victoria Cross, which is commonly referred to as the VC, is the highest military decoration in the British honours system and takes precedence over every other order and ...

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida Jan 28, 2026

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At 11.39am Challenger lifted off, and seventy-three seconds later the Shuttle began to disintegrate following a huge fireball. All seven members of crew were killed, and the disaster led to NASA suspending all Space Shuttle missions for over two and a half ...

27th January 1973: Paris Peace Accords end direct United States military involvement in the Vietnam War Jan 27, 2026

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The final agreement signed on 27 January 1973 called for an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of all US combat forces within sixty days, and the return of American prisoners of ...

26th January 1564: Pope Pius IV confirms the decrees of the Council of Trent Jan 26, 2026

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Pope Pius IV issued a Papal bull confirming the decrees of the Council of Trent that defined Catholic doctrine in the face of the Protestant ...

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