What Happened On This Day In History?

Welcome to our history page! The beautiful game has been going now for centuries! This means football has an extensive and interesting history dating back many years. Every day there are amazing facts and details about interesting pieces of footballing history.

The best place to find out about what happened in football on this day in history is the 'Association of Football Statisticians'. We previously had a feed here that had details of what happened on this day in football history, however the providers have stopped providing it. We apologise for those who used our service regularly.

On This Day!

1986: Karachi hijack ends in bloodshed (May 25, 2005 15:01)
The 16-hour siege on a Pan Am jet in Pakistan comes to a bloody end, with at least 17 people dead.

1959: UK's first trunk call from a pay phone (Aug 20, 2003 10:07)
The first trunk dialling system from a public call-box is launched during a ceremonial phone call fr..

1997: Mother Teresa dies (Nov 21, 2002 15:25)
Mother Teresa, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to helping the sick and the poor, d..

1979: Mountbatten buried after final parade (Nov 21, 2002 12:11)
The Queen leads the nation in mourning as the body of her husband's uncle is buried after a day of p..

1975: London Hilton bombed (Nov 21, 2002 11:53)
Two people are killed and 63 injured as a suspected IRA bomb explodes in the lobby of the Hilton hot..