January 31

is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian_Calendar. There are 334 days remaining, (335 in leap_years).

Events

1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon.

is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James_I_of_England.

1747 - The first venereal_diseases clinic opens at London_Dock_Hospital.

1849 - Corn_Laws abolished in the United_Kingdom.

General Robert_E._Lee becomes general-in-chief.

1876 - The United_States orders all Native_Americans to move into reservations.

1814 - Gervasio_Antonio_de_Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.

uses poison_gas against Russians.

announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.

1929 - The Soviet_Union exiles Leon_Trotsky.

1930 - 3M Markets Scotch Tape.

1936 - The ''Green_Hornet'' radio show debuts.

and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall_Islands.

1945 - Eddie_Slovik is executed, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion.

1946 - Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet_Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

1950 - President Harry_S._Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen_bomb.

1956 - Guy_Mollet becomes Prime Minister of France.

1958 - The first successful American satellite, Explorer_I, is launched into orbit.

1958 - James_Van_Allen discovers the Van_Allen_radiation_belt.

1961 - Ham_the_Chimp travels into outer space.

1968 - Viet_Cong attack the United_States embassy in Saigon.

1968 - Nauru declares independence from Australia.

lift off for a mission to the moon.

win their second championship of the 1980s, 42-10.

1990 - The first McDonald's opens in Moscow, Russia.

defeat the Buffalo_Bills, 52-17.

1995 - President Bill_Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.

1996 - An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in Colombo, Sri_Lanka killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400.

defeat the Atlanta_Falcons, 34-19.

2000 - An Alaska_Airlines MD-83 crashes in the Pacific_Ocean off the coast of Malibu,_California killing 131.

2001 - In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits another for their part in the bombing of Pan_Am_Flight_103 which crash into Lockerbie,_Scotland in 1988.

2003- Man in Miami steals US Mail truck, taking hostages with him. Later, he releases the hostages and surrenders to police.

2004 - Mystery_Science_Theater_3000 ends its run on the Sci-Fi_Channel.

Births

1752 - Gouverneur_Morris, lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816)

1797 - Franz_Schubert, composer (d. 1828)

1872 - Zane_Grey, writer (d. 1939)

1884 - Theodor_Heuss, politician and publicist (d. 1963)

1892 - Eddie_Cantor, actor, singer (d. 1964)

1894 - Isham_Jones, jazz musician (d. 1956)

1901 - Marie_Luise_Kaschnitz, writer (d. 1974)

1902 - Alva_Mydral, politician (d. 1986)

1902 - Tallulah_Bankhead, actress (d. 1968)

1905 - Christian_Dior, couturier (d. 1957)

1905 - John_O'Hara, writer (d. 1970)

1914 - Jersey_Joe_Walcott, boxer (d. 1994)

1919 - Jackie_Robinson, baseball player (d. 1972)

1920 - Paul_Warnke, diplomat (d. 2001)

1921 - Carol_Channing, actress

1921 - Mario_Lanza, singer, actor (d. 1959)

1921 - E._Fay_Jones, architect

1923 - Norman_Mailer, writer and journalist

1925 - Benjamin_Hooks, head of the National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People

1929 - Jean_Simmons, actress

1931 - Ernie_Banks, Baseball_Hall_of_Famer

1937 - Suzanne_Pleshette, actress

1937 - Philip_Glass, composer

1938 - Queen Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands

1941 - Richard_Gephardt, American politician

1942 - Derek_Jarman, director, writer (d. 1994)

1946 - Terry_Kath, musician (d. 1978)

1947 - Nolan_Ryan, Baseball_Hall_of_Famer

1949 - Ken_Wilber, philosopher

1956 - Johnny_Rotten, musician (The "Sex_Pistols")

1970 - Minnie_Driver, actress

1974 - Ian_Huntley, responsible for the Soham_murders

1981 - Justin_Timberlake, musician

Deaths

743 - Muhammad_al-Baqir, Shia_Imam

1561 - Menno_Simons, founder of Mennonite church (b. 1496)

1606 - Guy_Fawkes, executed for his part in the Gunpowder_Plot (b. 1570)

1892 - Charles_Spurgeon, preacher and evangelist

1907 - Timothy_Eaton, department_store founder (b. 1834)

1933 - John_Galsworthy, writer (b. 1867)

1945 - Eddie_Slovik, American soldier (b. 1920)

1956 - A._A._Milne, author (''Winnie_the_Pooh'') (b. 1882)

1970 - Slim_Harpo, blues singer (b. 1924)

1974 - Samuel_Goldwyn, film studio executive (b. 1882)

1990 - Rashad_Khalifa, imam, stabbed to death (b. 1935)

1992 - Willie_Dixon, blues musician (b. 1915)

1995 - George_Abbott, director and producer on Broadway, dies at 107 (b. 1887)

2000 - Gil_Kane, comic_book writer

2001 - Gordon_R._Dickson, science_fiction writer (b. 1923)

2004 - Eleanor_Holm - American swimmer

Holidays and observances

Catholicism - Feast day of St._John_Bosco. ---- January_30 - February_1 - December_31 -- listing of all days

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