On This Day - 9 Feb 1979: Nottingham Forest break transfer record

.sc-c-sounds-nav { position: relative; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__menu-button { display: none; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__items { max-height: 500px; visibility: visible; position: static; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__overlay { display: none; } @media screen and (max-width: 659px) { .sc-c-sounds-nav__wrapper { padding-bottom: 0px; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__wordmark-link { padding-bottom: 18px; } }

Sounds home page

成人快手
Music
Podcasts
My Sounds

On This Day - 9 Feb 1979: Nottingham Forest break transfer record - 成人快手 Sounds

On This Day

9 Feb 1979: Nottingham Forest break transfer record9 Feb 1979: Nottingham Forest break transfer record

Released On: 09 Feb 2023

Available for over a year

The football club clinches the UK鈥檚 first 拢1m transfer deal.

More episodes

Programme Website

Coming Up Next

听
now playing
On This Day
9 Feb 1979: Nottingham Forest break transfer record
The football club clinches the UK鈥檚 first 拢1m transfer deal.
2 mins
On This Day
10 Feb 1983: Met Police on trail of mass murderer
Scotland Yard launches an investigation into the deaths of 16 victims.
1 min
On This Day
11 Feb 1990: Freedom for Nelson Mandela
The anti-apartheid leader leaves prison after 27 years.
2 mins
On This Day
12 Feb 1994: Art thieves snatch The Scream
Two men steal one of the world鈥檚 best-known paintings in just 50 seconds.
1 min
On This Day
13 Feb 1996: Take That announce split
The boy band's announcement comes after 5 years and 7 number one hits.
1 min
On This Day
14 Feb 1989: Ayatollah issues death threat to Salman Rushdie
The Iranian leader issues a fatwa calling for the death of the 鈥楽atanic Verses鈥� author.
2 mins
On This Day
15 Feb 1971: Decimal Day delivers new UK currency
Decimalisation replaces pounds, shillings and pence.
1 min
On This Day
16 Feb 2005: Kyoto Protocol comes into force
The international treaty aims to slow the effects of climate change.
3 mins
On This Day
17 Feb 2008: Kosovo declares its independence
The declaration comes after almost a decade of UN control.
2 mins
On This Day
18 Feb 2005: Hunting ban comes into force
Hunting with hounds becomes illegal in England and Wales.
3 mins
On This Day
19 Feb 1985: EastEnders premieres on 成人快手 One
鈥楾oo much quarrelling, not enough loving and humour,鈥� says one East End viewer.
2 mins
On This Day
20 Feb 1962: first US astronaut orbits Earth
Colonel John Glenn says 鈥渋t looks real fine from up here鈥�.
3 mins
On This Day
21 Feb 1972: Nixon makes historic visit to China
The US President meets with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai to improve relations.
2 mins
On This Day
22 Feb 1997: Dolly becomes world鈥檚 first cloned sheep
Scientists in Scotland reveal the world鈥檚 first successfully cloned mammal.
2 mins
On This Day
23 Feb 1963: Sussex man rigs car to give 2000V shock
鈥楿ntil somebody tells me what law I'm breaking I shall keep up my private war.鈥�
2 mins
On This Day
24 Feb 1999: Stephen Lawrence report blasts 'racist' police
The Macpherson report says London's police force is 鈥榠nstitutionally racist鈥�.
2 mins
On This Day
25 Feb 1982: Parents win corporal punishment case
The decision ends a four-year court battle brought by two Scottish mothers.
3 mins
On This Day
26 Feb 1987: C of E says 'yes' to women priests
The Church of England鈥檚 General Synod votes in favour of the ordination of women.
2 mins
On This Day
27 Feb 2013: Last public appearance as Pope for Benedict XVI
German Pontiff is the first to retire from role in 600 years.
2 mins
On This Day
28 Feb 2012: Occupy protest evicted from St Paul鈥檚
Police and bailiffs clear anti-capitalist camp from London landmark.
2 mins
On This Day
1 Mar 1994: Fred West charged with further murders
More human remains uncovered in the grounds of his Gloucester home.
1 min
On This Day
2 Mar 1969: Concorde makes its maiden flight
The supersonic plane flies for the first time from France.
2 mins
On This Day
3 Mar 2005: Fossett sets solo flight record
Millionaire completes first solo non-stop solo plane flight without refuelling.
1 min
On This Day
4 Mar 1980: Mugabe becomes Zimbabwe鈥檚 first black PM
Zimbabwe's African National Union leader wins comfortable majority.
2 mins
On This Day
5 Mar 1993: Sprinter Johnson receives lifetime ban
Canadian punished for failing a second drugs test.
1 min
On This Day
6 Mar 1957: Ghana celebrates independence
The people of Ghana mark the end of colonial rule.
2 mins
On This Day
7 Mar 1965: Police attack civil rights marchers in Alabama
State troopers assault demonstrators demanding better voting rights for black people.
3 mins
On This Day
8 Mar 1978: The Hitchhiker鈥檚 Guide to the Galaxy debuts
The first instalment of Douglas Adams鈥� ground-breaking sci-fi series airs on radio.
3 mins
On This Day
9 Mar 1959: Barbie unveiled at American Toy Fair
鈥榃e tried not to make her too beautiful,鈥� says creator Ruth Handler.
2 mins
On This Day
10 Mar 1973: British officials shot dead in Bermuda
The Governor of Bermuda and his assistant are killed in the British overseas territory.
2 mins
On This Day
11 Mar 1990: Lithuania declares independence from USSR
The Baltic state leaves the Soviet empire after five decades.
2 mins
听

Cymraeg
Gaeilge
骋脿颈诲丑濒颈驳

Contacts, Privacy and Information
Help with Signing In
Newsletter