1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation
The Greensboro sit-ins began when four black students sat at the ‘whites only’ lunch counter in the Woolworth department ...
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31st January 1990: McDonald’s opens its first fast food restaurant in the Soviet Union on Moscow’s Pushkin Square
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 ...
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30th January 1975: Rubik’s Cube first patented by Hungarian architect and designer Ernő Rubik
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 ...
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29th January 1856: The Victoria Cross medal for valour introduced by Queen Victoria
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 ...
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28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida
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 suspe...
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27th January 1973: Paris Peace Accords end direct United States military involvement in the Vietnam War
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 ...
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26th January 1564: Pope Pius IV confirms the decrees of the Council of Trent
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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25th January 1890: American journalist Nellie Bly arrives in New Jersey after completing a 72-day solo journey around the world
With £200 in English gold and banknotes, and a single bag that was smaller than modern carry-on luggage, Bly departed from Hoboken Pier in New Jersey on board the Augusta Victoria steamship on 14 Nove...
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