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On This Day In History

20th February 1959: Jimi Hendrix plays his first gig (and gets fired)

On the 20th February 1959, Jimi Hendrix played his first ever live concert – and got fired from the band after the first set.

Tomorrow's historical event

On the 19th February 1985, the BBC’s flagship soap opera EastEnders was broadcast for the first time. Read More

On the 18th February 1930, Nellie Jay – better known as Elm Farm Ollie – became the first cow to fly in an aeroplane. Read More

H. L. Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship when it attacked the Union Navy warship USS Housatonic. Read More

On the 16th February 1923, Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Read More

The first professional archaeological excavation began in the Qumran Caves, the location of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Read More

On the 14th February 1929, seven men with connections to Chicago’s North Side Gang were gunned down in the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. Read More

Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England, was executed in the Tower of London. Read More