It happened on… January 30

The World Health Organization declares the coronavirus a “global health emergency.”

The Hudson’s Bay Company stops selling furs. The company had been founded on this business in 1670.

The Beatles’ final performance takes place on the roof of Apple Records in London. The concert is interrupted by the police.

Winston Churchill’s state funeral takes place at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.

Elvis Presley records the song “Blue Suede Shoes.”

Jules Verne’s book Around the World in Eighty Days is published in France by Pierre-Jules Hetzel.