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Birthday January 31, 1752 Gouverneur Morris is born |
Birthday January 31, 1797 Franz Schubert, composer (Unfinished Symphony) |
Birthday January 31, 1830 James G Blaine, 'Plumed Knight' |
Birthday January 31, 1872 Author Zane Grey is born |
Birthday January 31, 1872 Zane Gray, American West novelist |
Birthday January 31, 1881 Irving Langmuir, physical chemist/colloid researcher (Nobel '32) |
Birthday January 31, 1892 Eddie Cantor, comedian |
Birthday January 31, 1902 Alva Myrdal, Swedish pacifist (Nobel 1981) |
Birthday January 31, 1913 Don Hutson, NFL end (Packers) |
Birthday January 31, 1913 Wayne Millner, NFL end (Boston/Washington Redskins) |
Birthday January 31, 1914 Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52) |
Birthday January 31, 1919 Jackie Robinson, 1st black major league baseball player |
Birthday January 31, 1923 Norman Mailer is born |
Birthday January 31, 1923 Normal Mailer, novelist and NYC mayoral candidate (Naked & the Dead) |
Birthday January 31, 1923 Carol Channing, in Seattle Wash - Diamonds are her best friend |
Birthday January 31, 1923 Joanne Dru, in West Virginia |
Birthday January 31, 1929 Jean Simmons, Actress in London |
Birthday January 31, 1929 Rudolf Mossbauer, German physicist (Nobel 1961) |
Birthday January 31, 1937 Suzanne Pleshette, Actress (The Birds and Bob Newhart Show) in NYC |
Birthday January 31, 1937 American composer Phillip Glass is born |
Birthday January 31, 1938 James G Watt, former sect of interior |
Birthday January 31, 1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands (1980-, ) |
Birthday January 31, 1944 Jessica Walters, in NYC |
Birthday January 31, 1947 Nolan Ryan, baseball player |
Birthday January 31, 1957 Shirley Babashoff, US Olympic swimmer |
History January 31, 1606 The death of Guy Fawkes |
History January 31, 1849 Corn Laws abolished in Britain |
History January 31, 1851 SF Orphan's Asylum 1st in Calif founded |
History January 31, 1862 Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius |
History January 31, 1865 House passes the 13th Amendment |
History January 31, 1871 Birds fly over SF in such large numbers they actually darken sky |
History January 31, 1911 Congress names SF as Panama Canal opening celebration site |
History January 31, 1917 Germany resumes submarine warfare |
History January 31, 1917 Germans unleash U-boats |
History January 31, 1945 The execution of Pvt. Slovik |
History January 31, 1945 Eddie Slovik 1st American executed for desertion since Civil War |
History January 31, 1950 Pres Truman authorized production of H-Bomb |
History January 31, 1953 Flood wreaks havoc in Europe |
History January 31, 1958 1st US satellite launched Explorer I from Cape Canaveral |
History January 31, 1958 US launches 1st artificial satellite Explorer 1 |
History January 31, 1958 James van Allen discovers radiation belt |
History January 31, 1961 Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2 |
History January 31, 1966 Luna 9 launched for moon |
History January 31, 1968 Viet Cong attack U.S. Embassy |
History January 31, 1968 Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb 32") at Agata USSR |
History January 31, 1968 Nauru gains independence from Australia |
History January 31, 1968 Viet Cong attack U.S. Embassy |
History January 31, 1971 Apollo 14 launched 1st landing in lunar highlands |
History January 31, 1971 Apollo 14 departs for the moon |
History January 31, 1972 North Vietnam presents nine-point peace proposal |
History January 31, 1974 Samuel Goldwyn dies |
History January 31, 1988 Doug Williams leads Redskins to Super Bowl victory |
History January 31, 1990 First McDonald's opens in Soviet Union |
History January 31, 1990 The McMartin Preschool trials |
History January 31, 1995 Clinton authorizes loan to Mexico |
History January 31, 2007 Cars.com names most memorable TV cars |