What happened on this day in history?

The first canned beer went on sale in 1935.

22 years to the day since Eric Cantona kicked a fan. What a moment that was.

Robert Burns, Scottish poet ("Auld Lang Syne," "Comin' Thru the Rye."), was born today in 1759.

Virginia Woolf, English author (Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando), was born today in 1882.

The Royal Flush Gang first appeared in Justice League of America #43 (January 25, 1966).

1871 - The Rugby Football Union was formed, in London, by an initial 20 clubs.

2005 – Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen began adventuring in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1 (January 27, 1999).

1967 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.

1993 - Andre  the Giant died aged 46.

1 - Rhys, your 1967 no nukes in space one is interesting. That's the cool kind of thing that I was hoping to learn from doing this.

2 - no one wanted to do yesterdays? you all fucking suck.

3 - for yesterday, 28th January in 1813, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was published by Thomas Egerton in the UK. Arguably her most famous novel, and usually counted in peoples best of all time lists. Never read it myself, seems far too girly 😋

4 - on this day in 1595, William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is thought to have been first performed. The play was officially published in early 1597.

29th January 2017 - The free world isn't so free after all.

Nothing is ever black & white. They're just alternative facts.

No one bothered with yesterday either. Let downs the lot of you, even you Ninjak!

1950 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman publicly announces his decision to support the development of the hydrogen bomb, a weapon theorised to be hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II.

1983: Britain introduces law for drivers and front seat passengers to wear seat belts.

1961: Ham the chimp was successfully recovered after his aborted mission after spending 3 hours somewhere in the mid Atlantic, though due to the complications, the mission turned out to give the data that was needed anyway. Quite an interesting little story really...

2003: On this day, 1st Feb in 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re entered the atmosphere, killing the entire crew of 7.

Also, in 1984, the half-penny is finally taken out of circulation.

I don't get how people lived with the half penny. Have enough 1 & 2p coins laying around as it is, couldn't imagine having endless amounts of half pennies as well. Can't wait until we get rid of the 1p coin, it's meant to be happening at some point, but not soon enough.

I honestly would be surprised to see the 1p go, we do kinda still need it....

They won't get rid of 1p... how is currency supposed to work without it?

I saw talk of getting rid of the 1p a while ago. It is meant to be happening sometime in the near future. People are saying that it's a pointless coin, and that Australia got rid of it without a problem and another country that had a similar currency.

SO what happens when you pay for something that's £9.99 and pay a tenner? As I said, we kinda need the penny...

The aim is to stop stupid pricing like that as there's no point in it. The Bank of England governor has actually said that it's a worthless coin and needs to go. The guy got rid of the penny in Canada.

Ireland apparently don't use the 1 or 2 cent coins as the coins cost more to mint than their actual value.

The aim is to stop stupid pricing like that as there's no point in it. The Bank of England governor has actually said that it's a worthless coin and needs to go. The guy got rid of the penny in Canada.

Ireland apparently don't use the 1 or 2 cent coins as the coins cost more to mint than their actual value.

9.99 isn't pointless. It's marketing. 9.99 sounds like it's less than £10. If they get rid of the penny then the price will go to 9.98

Bit Late, but 2nd Feb 1943, Germany surrendered at Stalingrad

1990: Apartheid ends!

Found this to be an interesting one, but then I love space info:

On February 3, 1966, the Soviet Union accomplishes the first controlled landing on the moon, when the unmanned spacecraft Lunik 9 touches down on the Ocean of Storms. After its soft landing, the circular capsule opened like a flower, deploying its antennas, and began transmitting photographs and television images back to Earth. The 220-pound landing capsule was launched from Earth on January 31.

Lunik 9 was the third major lunar first for the Soviet space program: On September 14, 1959, Lunik 2 became the first manmade object to reach the moon when it impacted with the lunar surface, and on October 7 of the same year Lunik 3 flew around the moon and transmitted back to Earth the first images of the dark side of the moon. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the U.S. space program consistently trailed the Soviet program in space firsts–a pattern that shifted dramatically with the triumph of America’s Apollo lunar program in the late 1960s.

February 3rd.

1690 – The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.

1931 – The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.

On this day in 1789 George Washington was elected to be the first president of the United States.