On This Day On This Day February 1, 1979: Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran from exile to lead Islamic revolution
On This Day On This Day February 2, 1901: An Empire mourns as Queen Victoria’s funeral is held in Windsor
On This Day On This Day February 3, 1959: Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens are killed in plane crash
On This Day On This Day February 4, 1974: US heiress Patty Hearst kidnapped by ‘Symbionese Liberation Army’
On This Day On This Day February 6, 1958: Football in mourning after Busby Babes die in Munich air disaster
On This Day On This Day February 8, 1952: New Elizabethan age beckons as Elizabeth II is formally proclaimed Queen
On This Day On This Day February 9, 1964: Beatlemania grips the US as the Beatles appear on TV’s Ed Sullivan Show
On This Day On This Day February 10, 1940: Tom and Jerry make their screen debut as Puss Gets the Boot
On This Day On This Day February 11, 1990: Nelson Mandela freed from jail after 27 years in captivity
On This Day On This Day February 13, 2000: Snoopy takes his final bow as the last Peanuts comic strip appears in print
On This Day On This Day February 14, 1984: Torvill and Dean win Winter Olympics gold with perfect performance
On This Day On This Day February 16, 1923: 'Glint of gold, everywhere' as the tomb of Tutankhamen is opened
On This Day On This Day February 21, 1952: Brits bin wartime identity cards in victory over bureaucracy
On This Day On This Day February 23, 1945: US flag raised over Iwo Jima – and an iconic image of World War II is born
On This Day On This Day February 24, 1989: $2.8m bounty placed on the head of Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie
On This Day On This Day February 27, 1900: British workers rejoice as the modern Labour Party is formed
On This Day On This Day February 28, 1993: All eyes turn to Waco as raid on religious sect goes badly wrong
On This Day On This Day February 29, 1940: Gone with the Wind actress Hattie McDaniel is first black Oscar winner
On This Day On This Day On this day in January: Concorde takes flight, the euro arrives, Britain gets breakfast TV and more
On This Day On This Day On this day in March: The Queen Mother dies, the Miners' strike ends, the Spitfire flies and more
On This Day On This Day On this day in April: Gagarin is the first man in space, Martin Luther King is shot and more
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