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| January 31st |
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| About January 31st is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 334 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (335 in leap years). Births 1841 - Sam Loyd, puzzlemaker, mathematician 1892 - Eddie Cantor, actor, comedian, singer 1913 - Wayne Millner, Hall of Fame receiver 1913 - Don Hutson, Hall of Fame wide receiver 1919 - Jackie Robinson, 1st African-American MLB player, HOF'er 1920 - Stewart Udall, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1921 - Carol Channing, actress, singer (Hello, Dolly!) 1923 - Norman Mailer, author, poet (The Village Voice) 1931 - Ernie Banks, Hall of Fame baseball player 1937 - Suzanne Pleshette, actress (The Bob Newhart Show) 1941 - Richard Gephardt, former U.S. House Majority Leader 1947 - Nolan Ryan, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher 1956 - Johnny "Rotten" Lydon, singer, songwriter (Sex Pistols) 1977 - Bobby Moynihan, actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live) 1981 - Justin Timberlake, singer, dancer ('N Sync) Deaths 1992 - Mel Hein, Hall of Fame football center 1999 - Shohei "Giant" Baba, Japanese professional wrestler 2002 - Gabby Gabreski, WWII top American fighter ace 2007 - Lee Bergere, actor (Dynasty) 2007 - Molly Ivins, political commentator, humorist 2009 - Clint Ritchie, actor (One Life to Live) Events 1865 - The U.S. Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, submitting it to the states for ratification. 1865 - Robert E. Lee is promoted to general-in-chief of the Confederate forces. 1950 - President Harry S. Truman makes an announcement that he has ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb. 1958 - The United States launches Explorer I, which becomes the U.S.'s first artificial satellite of Earth. 1971 - Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blast off aboard Apollo 14 on the third successful manned mission to the moon. 1988 - The Washington Redskins get their second Super Bowl win with a defeat of the Denver Broncos by a score of 42-10 in Super Bowl XXII. 1990 - McDonald's opens its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow, Russia. 1993 - The Dallas Cowboys gain their third Super Bowl championship with a 52-17 victory over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVII. 1999 - The Denver Broncos win back to back championships when they defeat the Atlanta Falcons by a score of 34-19 in Super Bowl XXXIII. 2000 - An Alaska Airlines jet falls into the Pacific Ocean off Southern California on a flight from Mexico to San Francisco, killing all 88 people on board. |
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