2020
The World Health Organization declares the Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern at a meeting in Geneva.
1991
The Hudson’s Bay Company announces it is selling its fur business due to declining sales; the HBC was originally founded as a fur trading company in 1670.
1973
Rock band Kiss plays their 1st show at the Coventry Club in Queens, NY.
1969
The Beatles’ last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
1965
State funeral of Winston Churchill at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
1958
Yves Saint Laurent, at age 22, held his first major fashion show in Paris.
1956
Elvis Presley records his version of “Blue Suede Shoes”.
1948
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse.
V Winter Olympic Games open in St Moritz, Switzerland.
1933
Adolf Hitler was named the German Chancellor.
1873
“Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne is published in France by Pierre-Jules Hetzel.
