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January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 334 days remaining until the end of the year (335 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Aragon ( Spanish: "Aragón") is an autonomous community of Spain.
• 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England. The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 or the Powder Treason, as it was known at the time was a failed Assassination attempt by a group of provincial English Guy Fawkes ( 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606) sometimes known as Guido Fawkes, was a member of a group of English TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A  parliament is a Legislature, especially in those James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James
• 1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a A sexually transmitted disease ( STD) or venereal disease ( VD) is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between Humans The London Lock Hospital was the first venereal disease clinic being the most famous and first of the Lock Hospitals which opened on January 31 1747
• 1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila ( Buenos Aires, June 18, 1757 &ndash July 2, 1833) was a member of Argentina For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics.
• 1846 - After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unified as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The Milwaukee Bridge War, sometimes simply the Bridge War, was an 1845 conflict between different regions of what is now Milwaukee, Wisconsin over the construction
• 1849 - Corn Laws are abolished in the United Kingdom (following legislation in 1846). Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Corn Laws were Import tariffs designed to support domestic British corn prices against competition from less expensive foreign-grain imports between 1815 and 1846 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Robert Edward Lee (January 19 1807 &ndash October 12 1870 was a career United States Army officer, an Engineer, and among the most celebrated
• 1867 - Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for Algeria
• 1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Maronites ( الموارنة,, Syriac: ܡܪܘܢܝܐ, Latin: Ecclesia Maronitarum) are members of one of the Syriac Youssef Bey Karam (also Yusuf Joseph Beik Beck ( May 5, 1823 – April 7, 1889) was a Lebanese nationalist leader who led the Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States
• 1891 - The first attempt of a Portuguese republican revolution brakes out in the northern city of Porto. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Republicanism is the Ideology of governing a nation as a Republic, with an emphasis on Liberty, Rule of law, Popular sovereignty A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turnaround" is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively
• 1900 - Datu Muhammad Salleh is assassinated in Kampung Teboh, Tambuan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion
• 1915 - World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russia
• 1917 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Mat Salleh Rebellion was a series of major disturbances in North Borneo, now Malaysian state of Sabah, from 1894 to 1900 Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of Chemical substances to kill injure or incapacitate an enemy. The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of Naval warfare in which Submarines sink merchant ships without warning as opposed to attacks per prize regulations
• 1918 - A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Operation EC1, usually called by the sardonic name of the Battle of May Island, or sometimes the geographically correct Battle of the Isle of May, was Mist is a phenomenon of small droplets suspended in Air. It can occur as part of natural Weather or Volcanic activity and is common in cold air above Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands
• 1919 - The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The 1919 Battle of George Square, also known as Bloody Friday and Black Friday, was one of the worst Riots on the streets of Glasgow, Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
• 1929 - The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Leon Trotsky ( Russian:, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij
• 1930 - 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 3M Company ( formerly Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company until 2002 is an American multinational conglomerate corporation with a worldwide Scotch Tape is used to describe certain Pressure sensitive tapes manufactured by 3M as part of the company's Scotch brand
• 1936 - The Green Hornet radio show debuts. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Green Hornet (also referred to as simply Green Hornet) is a masked fictional Crime fighter Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until
• 1941 - Layforce set sail. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Layforce was a light military force consisting of three United Kingdom raised Special Service Battalions under the command of a Major (each consisted of two Special Service Companies
• 1944 - World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Kwajalein Atoll ( Marshallese: Kuwajleen; kʷuwːɔ͡ɛt̪ʲl̪ʲɪn̪ʲ common English pronunciation ˈkwɑːʤəlɨ̞n often nicknamed Kwaj For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI is a Micronesian nation of islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
• 1944 - World War II: During Anzio campaign 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) was destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The 1st Ranger Battalion was formed upon America's entry into World War II. The Battle of Cisterna took place during World War II, on January 30 to February 2, 1944, near Cisterna, Italy, as
• 1945 - US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Edward Donald Slovik ( February 18, 1920 &ndash January 31, 1945) was a private in the United States Army during World War The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South
• 1946 - Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: The Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY was the supreme law of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its predecessor the Federal The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between The Republic of Macedonia (Република Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west
• 1950 - President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Teller–Ulam design is a Nuclear weapon design which is used in Megaton -range Thermonuclear weapons and is more colloquially referred to as "the
• 1953 - A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The North Sea flood of 1953 and the associated storm combined to create a major Natural disaster which affected the coastlines of the Netherlands and England The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
• 1956 - Guy Mollet becomes Prime Minister of France. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guy Mollet (31 December 1905 - 3 October 1975 was a French Socialist politician This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1957 - Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Pacoima is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Northrop Corporation was a leading Aircraft manufacturer of the United States from its formation in 1939 until its merger with Grumman to form Northrop Grumman
• 1958 - Explorer program: Explorer 1 - The first successful launch of an American satellite into orbit. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Explorer program was the United States 's first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite. Explorer 1 (officially titled at NASA as satellite 1958 Alpha) was the first Earth Satellite of the United States, launched on February 1 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite.
• 1958 - James Van Allen discovers the Van Allen radiation belt. James Alfred Van Allen ( September 7 1914 &ndash August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa The Van Allen radiation belt is a Torus of energetic Charged particles ( plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's Magnetic
• 1961 - Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2 - Ham the Chimp travels into outer space. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mercury - Redstone 2 (MR-2 was a rocket mission launched at 1655 UTC on January 31, 1961 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral Ham (July 1957 – January 19, 1983) also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first hominid launched Space science is an all-encompassing term that describes all of the various science fields that are concerned with the study of the Universe, generally also meaning "excluding
• 1966 - Luna program: soviet union's unmanned spacecraft Luna 9 is launched. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Luna programme (from the Russian word "Luna" meaning "Moon" occasionally called Lunik or Lunnik, was a series of Robotic spacecraft Sources
• 1968 - Viet Cong attack the United States embassy in Saigon. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one State or an international Inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in
• 1968 - Nauru declares independence from Australia. Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, is an Island nation in the Micronesian South Pacific. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• 1970 - A Saskatchewan Court convicts 17-year-old hippie David Milgaard of murder; he is sentenced to life in prison. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world David Milgaard (born July 7, 1952 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian who was wrongfully convicted for the Murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of He spent 23 years in jail until April 14, 1992 when DNA evidence proves him innocent of all charges. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
• 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission - Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr (November 18 1923 &ndash July 21 1998 ( Rear Admiral, USN Ret Stuart Allen Roosa ( August 16 1933 – December 12 1994) was a NASA Astronaut, who was the command module pilot Edgar Dean Mitchell DSc (born September 17, 1930) is an American pilot and Astronaut. The Saturn V (pronounced 'Saturn Five' popularly known as the Moon Rocket was a multistage liquid-fuel expendable Rocket used by NASA 's The Fra Mauro formation (or Fra Mauro Highlands) on the Moon is the location of the Apollo 14 landing site
• 1971 - The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begin in Detroit, Michigan. The "Winter Soldier Investigation" was a media event sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War from January 31, 1971 – February Vietnam Veterans Against the War ( VVAW) is a tax-exempt Non-profit organization and Corporation, originally created to oppose the Vietnam War War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America.
• 1980 - Thirty-nine people burn to death in the occupation of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest
• 1990 - The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow, USSR. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1995 - President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
• 1996 - An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is the Monetary authority of Sri Lanka. Colombo ( Sinhala:, ˈkoləmbə Tamil: கொழும்பு is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island
• 2000 - Alaska Airlines flight 261 MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 persons aboard. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft crashed on January 31, 2000 in the Pacific Ocean about 2 The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Point Mugu (məˈɡuː California is an Unincorporated area and geographical Promontory on the Pacific coast in Ventura County,
• 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 crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Lockerbie ( Scottish Gaelic: Logarbaidh) is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
• 2003 - The Waterfall train disaster occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Waterfall is a small Suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• 2007 - Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The 2007 Plot to behead a British Muslim soldier was a plot by a group of British Muslims of Pakistani origin in Birmingham to kidnap and behead Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
• 2008 - The MS Riverdance is beached at Blackpool after its cargo shifts. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common History Built as the Mashala Blackpool (/ˈblækˌpul is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. The ship had been hit broadside by a wave in the Irish Sea

Births

• 877 - Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. The Irish Sea ( Irish: Muir Éireann or Muir Meann; Scottish Gaelic: Muir Eireann Welsh: Môr Iwerddon, Events By Place Asia Indravarman II succeeds Jayavarman III as ruler of the Khmer Empire. Taejo of Goryeo ( January 31, 877 - July 4, 943, r 918-943 was the founder of the Goryeo Dynasty which ruled Korea from 943)
• 1512 - King Henry of Portugal (d. Events By Place Europe King Constantin II of Scotland retires and becomes a monk succeeded by his cousin Malcolm I of Scotland For the Count of Portugal see Henry Count of Portugal; for the Prince see Henry the Navigator Henry Cardinal-King of Portugal or 1580)
• 1543 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d.  was the founder and first Shogun  of the Tokugawa shogunate is a military rank and historical title in Japan. The Japanese word for "general" it is made up of two Kanji words sho, meaning "commander" 1616)
• 1550 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. Henry I Prince of Joinville Duke of Guise Count of Eu ( January 31, 1550 – December 23, 1588, Château de Blois) sometimes 1588)
• 1597 - John Francis Regis, French saint (d. Saint John Francis Regis SJ or Saint Jean François Regis ( 31 January, 1597 &ndash 30 December, 1640) was 1640)
• 1624 - Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (d. Arnold Geulincx ( Antwerp, January 31, 1624 – November 1669 was a Flemish Philosopher. 1669)
• 1673 - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint (d. St Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, was a French Priest and Catholic Saint, born on 31 January, 1673 in the small 1716)
• 1686 - Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Hans Poulsen Egede ( January 31, 1686, Harstad, Northern Norway &ndash November 5, 1758, Falster, Denmark 1758)
• 1752 - Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (d. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Gouverneur Morris ( January 31, 1752 November 6, 1816) was an American statesman who represented Pennsylvania in the 1816)
• 1759 - François Devienne, French composer (d. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year François Devienne ( January 31, 1759 - September 5, 1803) was a French Composer and professor for Flute 1803)
• 1797 - Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (d. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1828)
• 1820 - William B. Washburn, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year William Barrett Washburn ( January 31, 1820 &ndash October 5, 1887) was an American Politician from Massachusetts The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1887)
• 1835 - William Charles Lunalilo, Monarch of Hawaii (d. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Lunalilo I &mdash born William Charles Lunalilo ( January 31, 1835 - February 3, 1874) &mdash was king of the 1874)
• 1857 - George Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the George Jackson Churchward CBE ( 31 January 1857 - 19 December 1933) was Chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West (d. 1933)
• 1865 - Henri Desgrange, Founder of the Tour-de-France (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Henri Desgrange (b Paris, January 31, 1865 &ndash d 16 August 1940 Beauvallon was a French Bicycle racer 1940)
• 1865 - Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Shastriji Maharaj was the guru of BAPS and its founder as a formal organization though the philosophy and faith was founded by Bhagwan Swaminarayan. 1951)
• 1866 - Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lev Isaakovich Shestov (Лев Исаакович Шестов born Yehuda Leyb Schwarzmann (Иегуда Лейб Шварцман was a Ukrainian/Russian - Jewish 1938)
• 1868 - Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Theodore William Richards ( January 31 1868 – April 2 1928) was the first American Scientist to receive the Nobel The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1928)
• 1872 - Zane Grey, American Western writer (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Zane Grey ( January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure Novels and 1939)
• 1881 - Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Irving Langmuir ( January 31, 1881 in Brooklyn New York – August 16, 1957 in Woods Hole Massachusetts) was an The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1957)
• 1881 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (А́нна Па́вловна Па́влова (&ndash 23 January, 1931) was a famous Russian Ballerina of the late 1931)
• 1884 - Theodor Heuss, 1st President of Germany (Bundespräsident) (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Theodor Heuss ( 31 January 1884 &ndash 12 December 1963) was a German politician The President of Germany (deutscher Bundespräsident is Germany 's Head of state. 1963)
• 1889 - Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Francis or Frank Foster may refer to Francis Foster (Australian politician (1872-1948 Frank Foster (cricketer, (1889-1958 1958)
• 1892 - Eddie Cantor, American actor and singer (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Eddie Cantor ( January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964) was an American Comedian, Singer, Actor, 1964)
• 1894 - Isham Jones, American musician (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Isham Jones ( 31 January, 1894 &ndash 19 October, 1956) was a United States bandleader violinist bassist and Songwriter 1956)
• 1896 - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Sofya Aleksandrovna Yanovskaya (also Janovskaja; Софья Александровна Яновская January 31 1896 – October 24 1966)
• 1902 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Tallulah Brockman Bankhead ( January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American Actress, talk-show host and 1968)
• 1902 - Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alva Reimer Myrdal ( January 31, 1902 &ndash February 1, 1986) received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1986)
• 1905 - John O'Hara, American writer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting John Henry O'Hara ( January 31, 1905 &ndash April 11, 1970) was an American Writer. 1970)
• 1911 - Eddie Byrne, British actor (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Eddie Byrne ( January 31, 1911 - August 21, 1981) was an Irish Actor. 1981)
• 1913 - Don Hutson, American football player (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Donald Montgomery Hutson ( January 31, 1913 &ndash June 24, 1997) was the first star Wide receiver in National Football League 1997)
• 1914 - Carey Loftin, American actor and stuntman (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Carey Loftin ( January 31, 1914 &ndash March 4, 1997) (also credited as Cary Loftin) was an American Actor and 1997)
• 1914 - Sri Daya Mata, Hindu religious figure
• 1914 - Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Sri Daya Mata (nee Faye Wright) (born January 31, 1914) is the current president and Sanghamata (Mother of the Society of the Self-Realization Arnold Raymond Cream ( January 31, 1914 – February 25, 1994) better known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was a world heavyweight 1994)
• 1915 - Alan Lomax, American musicologist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Alan Lomax ( January 15, 1915 &ndash July 19, 2002) was an American folklorist and musicologist. 2002)
• 1915 - Thomas Merton, American author and monk (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Merton ( 31 January 1915 – 10 December 1968) was one of the most influential Catholic writers of the 20th century 1968)
• 1915 - Garry Moore, American comedian (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Garry Moore (January 31 1915 – November 28 1993 was an American Entertainer, Game show host and Comedian best known for his work in television 1993)
• 1919 - Jackie Robinson, American baseball player, and the first black player in Major League Baseball (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1972)
• 1921 - John Agar, American actor (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar John G Agar ( January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American actor 2002)
• 1921 - Carol Channing, American actress and singer
• 1921 - E. Fay Jones, American architect (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Carol Elaine Channing (b January 31 1921, Seattle Washington) is an American Singer and actress. E Fay Jones, ( 31 January 1921 – 31 August 2004) was a noted American Architect and Designer. 2004)
• 1921 - Mario Lanza, American singer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Mario Lanza ( January 31, 1921 &ndash October 7 1959 1959)
• 1922 - Joanne Dru, American actress (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Joanne Dru ( January 31, 1922 – September 10, 1996) was an American Film and Television actress. 1996)
• 1923 - Norman Mailer, American writer and journalist (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norman Kingsley Mailer ( January 31, 1923 &ndash November 10, 2007) was an American Novelist, Journalist, 2007)
• 1925 - Benjamin Hooks, American civil rights leader
• 1926 - Tom Alston, American baseball player (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Benjamin Lawson Hooks (born January 31, 1925) is an American Civil rights leader Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Edison Alston ( January 31, 1926 - December 30, 1993) was a Major League Baseball First baseman who played 1993)
• 1928 - Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harold (Chuck Willis ( January 31, 1928 &ndash April 10, 1958) was an American Blues, Rhythm and blues, and 1958)
• 1929 - Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1929 - Jean Simmons, English actress
• 1930 - Lynn Carlin, American actress
• 1930 - Joakim Bonnier, Swedish racecar driver (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (Rudolf Ludwig Mößbauer born January 31, 1929) is a German Physicist who studied Gamma rays from The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (born January 31 1929 is an Oscar -nominated English actress Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lynn Carlin (born Lynn Reynolds on January 31 1938 in Los Angeles California) is an American Actress. Joakim "Jo" Bonnier ( January 31 1930 - June 11 1972) was a Swedish Sportscar racing and Formula One 1972)
• 1931 - Ernie Banks, American baseball player
• 1931 - Christopher Chataway, English athlete, newscaster and politician
• 1933 - Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernest "Ernie" Banks (born January 31, 1931 in Dallas Texas) is an American former Major League Baseball player Sir Christopher John Chataway PC (born January 31 1931 was a British athlete, television news broadcaster and a Conservative Politician Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Camille Joseph Wilfred Henry ( January 31, 1933 - September 11, 1997) was a professional Ice hockey centre. 1997)
• 1933 - Bernardo Provenzano , Mafia Boss
• 1934 - James Franciscus, American actor (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Bernardo Provenzano (born January 31, 1933 in Corleone, Italy) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia ( Cosa Nostra Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Grover Franciscus ( January 31 1934 – July 8 1991) was a leading and supporting American actor 1991)
• 1934 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Robert George "Bob" Turner ( January 31, 1934 - February 7, 2005) was a Canadian professional Ice hockey defenceman 2005)
• 1935 - Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese writer, Nobel laureate
• 1937 - Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor
• 1937 - Andrée Boucher, Canadian politician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His works strongly influenced by French and American literature and Literary theory, engage with political social The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Regimantas Adomaitis (born January 31, 1937 in Šiauliai) is a Lithuanian movie and stage actor Andrée P Boucher, ( January 31, 1937 &ndash August 24, 2007) 2007)
• 1937 - Philip Glass, American composer
• 1937 - Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 Suzanne Pleshette ( January 31, 1937 &ndash January 19, 2008) was an American actress, on stage screen and television 2008)
• 1938 - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
• 1938 - James G. Watt, American politician
• 1939 - Claude Gauthier, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1940 - Kitch Christie, South African rugby union coach (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Gaius Watt (born January 31, 1938 in Lusk Wyoming) served as U Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Claude Gauthier (born Lac Saguay, Quebec, Canada on January 31, 1939) is a Quebec Singer-songwriter and Actor Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Moir Christie, better known as Kitch Christie (31 January 1940 – 22 April 1998 was a South African Rugby union coach best known for coaching the 1998)
• 1941 - Richard A. Gephardt, American politician
• 1941 - Jessica Walter, American actress
• 1942 - Daniela Bianchi, Italian actress
• 1942 - Derek Jarman, British director and writer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) is a former prominent American politician of the Democratic Party. Jessica Walter (born January 31 1941) is an American Emmy Award -winning actress who is perhaps best known for her role as Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniela Bianchi (born January 31, 1942) is an Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 James Derek Jarman ( January 31 1942 – February 19 1994) was an English Film director, Stage designer 1994)
• 1944 - Charlie Musselwhite, American musician
• 1945 - Joseph Kosuth, American conceptual artist
• 1946 - Terry Kath, American musician (Chicago) (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charlie Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944 in Kosciusko Mississippi) is an American Blues-harp player and Bandleader, one of Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Joseph Kosuth (born January 31, 1945 Toledo Ohio) is an influential American Conceptual artist Life and work Kosuth Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Terry Alan Kath ( January 31, 1946 – January 23, 1978) born in Chicago Illinois was the original Guitarist and founding member Chicago is a Rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago Illinois. The band began as a politically charged sometimes experimental rock band and later moved to a predominately 1978)
• 1947 - Jonathan Banks, American actor
• 1947 - Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1948 - Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician
• 1949 - Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and sports journalist
• 1949 - Ken Wilber, American philosopher
• 1950 - Alexander Korzhakov, Boris Yeltsin's bodyguard
• 1951 - Dave Benton, Aruban-born singer
• 1951 - Harry Wayne Casey, American singer and musician (KC and the Sunshine Band)
• 1951 - Phil Manzanera, English guitarist (Roxy Music, Quiet Sun, 801)
• 1952 - Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jonathan Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American veteran Character actor in film and television Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr (born January 31, 1947 in Refugio, Texas) is a retired American Right-handed Pitcher in Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Muneo Suzuki (鈴木 宗男 Suzuki Muneo, born 31 January 1948) is a Japanese politician from Ashoro, Hokkaidō Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johannes Gerrit (Johan Derksen (born January 31, 1949 in Heteren) is a Dutch Sports journalist and former football player Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Earl "Ken" Wilber Jr (b January 31, 1949, Oklahoma City, U Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexander Vasilyevich Korzhakov ( Александр Васильевич Коржаков (born January 31 1950 in Moscow) was a KGB Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Dave Benton (born January 31, 1951, real name Efren Eugene Benita) is a pop musician and 2001 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. Harry Wayne "KC" Casey (born January 31, 1951 as Harold Wayne Casey is an American musician singer songwriter and producer KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group Founded in 1973 their style has included Funk, R&B, and Disco. Phil Manzanera (born Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, 31 January 1951 in London, England) is a musician and Record producer. Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) Quiet Sun were an English Progressive rock / Jazz fusion band from the Canterbury Scene consisting of Phil Manzanera (guitars 801 were an English Experimental rock band that were originally formed in 1976 for three live concerts by Phil Manzanera (guitars Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nadya (Nadezhda Nikolayevna Rusheva (Надя (Надежда Николаевна Рушева) ( 31 January  1952 &ndash 6 March  1969 1969)
• 1954 - Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch musician (Whitesnake)
• 1956 - John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten, English singer (Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.)
• 1959 - Anthony LaPaglia, Australian actor
• 1959 - Kelly Lynch, American actress
• 1959 - Kelly Moore, American stock car driver
• 1960 - Grant Morrison, British comic book author
• 1961 - Lloyd Cole, British singer
• 1962 - Sophie Muller, Music video director
• 1964 - Sylvie Bernier, Quebec diver
• 1964 - Jeff Hanneman, American musician (Slayer)
• 1964 - Billey Shamrock, Swedish singer
• 1966 - Dr Umar Alisha, A Sufi Master was Born at Pithapuram. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Adje (Adrian van den Berg (Born January 31 1954, Enschede in the Netherlands) is a Dutch rock Guitarist Whitesnake are an English Hard rock band founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple) Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956 in London England also known as Johnny Rotten, is a British Rock musician best known as lead vocalist for the Punk The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 Public Image Ltd ( PiL) were an English musical group formed in 1978 by vocalist John Lydon, Guitarist Keith Levene The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony M LaPaglia (ləˈpɑːljə born 31 January 1959 is an Australian actor best known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Kelly Colleen Lynch (born January 31 1959 is an American actress Kelly Moore (born January 31, 1959) is the all time winningest driver in the NASCAR Grand National Division Busch East Series and the driver of the #47 Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lloyd Cole (born January 31, 1961) is a Singer and Songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sophie Muller (born 31 January 1962) is a British Music video director. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Sylvie Bernier (born January 31, 1964) is an Olympic athlete from Sainte-Foy Quebec) in Canada. Jeff Hanneman (born January 31 1964 in Oakland California) is a Guitarist and a founding member of the American Thrash metal band Slayer Slayer is an American Thrash metal band founded by Guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King in Billey Shamrock Gleissner (born January 31, 1964 in Solberga, Sweden) is an Entertainer, Singer, stand-up comedian Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Umar Alisha (born January 31, 1966) is the 9th head (peethadhipathi of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Pita-puram is a city and a Municipality in East Godavari district in the Indian
• 1967 - Fat Mike, American musician
• 1967 - Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress
• 1967 - Joey Wong, Taiwanese actress
• 1968 - Matt King, British actor and comedian
• 1970 - Minnie Driver, British actress
• 1971 - Lee Young Ae, South Korean actress
• 1971 - Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian
• 1971 - Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer
• 1973 - Portia de Rossi, Australian actress
• 1974 - Wil Anderson, Australian comedian
• 1974 - Ariel Pestano, Cuban baseball player
• 1975 - Fred Coleman, former National Football League wide receiver
• 1975 - Jackie O, Australian radio host
• 1975 - Preity Zinta, Indian actress
• 1976 - Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer
• 1976 - Buddy Rice, American race car driver
• 1977 - Mark Dutiaume, National Hockey League player
• 1977 - Shingo Katori, Japanese actor and singer (SMAP)
• 1977 - Jim Kleinsasser, National Football League tight end
• 1977 - Kate Shindle, American actress
• 1977 - Kerry Washington, American actress
• 1978 - Fabián Caballero, Argentine footballer
• 1978 - Brad Rutter, Jeopardy! champion
• 1978 - Ray Shah, Irish DJ, TV, radio presenter
• 1979 - Daniel Tammet, British autistic savant
• 1980 - Ryan Kienle, American musician
• 1980 - Tiffany Limos, American actress
• 1981 - Julio Arca, Argentinian football player
• 1981 - Justin Timberlake, American singer
• 1982 - Yuniesky Betancourt, Major League Baseball shortstop
• 1982 - Andreas Görlitz, German football player
• 1982 - Bruno Nogueira, Portuguese actor, comedian and TV host
• 1982 - Elena Paparizou, Greek singer
• 1982 - Jānis Sprukts, National Hockey League player
• 1982 - Brad Thompson, Major League Baseball player
• 1983 - James Sutton, British television actor
• 1984 - Jeremy Wariner, American 400m runner
• 1984 - Vernon Davis, NFL player
• 1985 - Adam Federici, Australian footballer
• 1985 - Mario Williams, NFL player

Deaths

• 743 - Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Irene Wan Bik-ha (; born 31 January 1967) is a Hong Kong film actress Joey Wong ( born) is a Taiwanese actress Biography Wong was born and raised in Taipei Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Matt King (born 31 January, 1968) is an Actor and Comedian. He is known for his role as crack-addicted Super Hans in the Bafta Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minnie Driver (born January 31 1970) is an Emmy - BAFTA - and Academy Award -nominated English actress and Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Lee Young-Ae (born January 31 1971 in Seoul) is a South Korean actress who has a fanbase in numerous countries particularly in East and Southeast Asian Patrick Kielty (born 31 January 1971) is an British comedian and Television personality. Dimitris Markos (born 31 January 1971) is a retired Greek football Midfielder who now works as a scout for AEK Athens Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Portia de Rossi (born 31 January 1973 is an Australian actress best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. William James (Wil Anderson (born 31 January, 1974) is an Australian Comedian, performing stand-up as well as on Television Ariel Pestano Valdés (born January 31, 1974) &mdash better known as El Veterano ("The Veteran" &mdash is a tough defensive Cuban Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fredrick Dewayne Coleman (born January 31, 1975 in Tyler Texas) is a professional American football Wide receiver with the Georgia Jacqueline Ellen Last O'Neil Henderson, better known as Jackie O, (born January 31, 1975) is an Australian commercial Radio host, Preity Zinta (प्रीति ज़िंटा priːt̪ɪ zɪɳʈaː born January 31 1975 is an Indian Film actress. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Traianos Dellas (Τραϊανός Δέλλας born 31 January 1976 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek footballer who plays in the Buddy Rice (born January 31, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an Auto racing driver in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Mark Dutiaume (born January 31 1977 in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian Ice hockey player is the youngest member of SMAP, a very popular idol group from the agency Johnny & Associates. SMAP is a Japanese " idol " group formed by Johnny & Associates. Jim Carter Kleinsasser (KLINE-saw-sir (born January 31, 1977 in Carrington North Dakota) is an American Football player who currently plays The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Kate Shindle (born January 31, 1977 in Toledo Ohio is an American actress singer dancer and AIDS activist Kerry Washington (born January 31 1977 is an American actress. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Fabián Caballero is an Argentine footballer His currently club is Provincial Osorno in Chile. Winnings dispute There is a discrepancy between sources as to Rutter's total Jeopardy! winnings stemming from the prize structure of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Big Brother 4 in 2003 was the fourth series of Big Brother in the UK, a reality show shown on Channel 4 in which Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Paul Tammet (born 31 January 1979 is a British high-functioning Autistic savant gifted with a facility for mathematical and Natural language Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Matchbook Romance was a Pop punk band from Poughkeepsie New York, that was signed to Epitaph Records. Tiffany Limos (b January 31, 1980) is an American actress best known for her role as Peaches in the controversial film Ken Park Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Julio Andrés Arca (born January 31 1981 in Quilmes, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer, also former Argentine Under-21 Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31 1981 He has English ancestry although he has also claimed some American Indian ancestry probably through unconfirmed Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Yuniesky Betancourt (born January 31, 1982 in Santa Clara, Cuba) is a Major League Baseball Shortstop for the Andreas Görlitz (born January 31, 1982 in Weilheim, Bavaria, West Germany) is a German footballer who currently plays Bruno Nogueira (born 31 January 1982) is a Portuguese actor comedian writer and television host Elena Paparizou ( Έλενα Παπαρίζου; born January 31 1982 Jānis Sprukts (born January 31, 1982 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR) is a Latvian professional Ice hockey Bradley Joseph Thompson (born January 31, 1982 in Las Vegas Nevada) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher with the St Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) James Sutton (born James Cook on 31 January 1983) is an English Television Actor, best known for playing the part Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Jeremy Mathew Wariner (born 31 January[[ 984]] in Irving Texas) is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. Vernon Leonard Davis (born January 31, 1984 in Washington DC) is an NFL Tight end for the San Francisco 49ers. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Adam Jay Federici (born 31 January 1985 Nowra, Australia) is an Australian football goalkeeper. Mario Jerrel Williams (born January 31 1985 in Richlands North Carolina) is a Defensive end for the Houston Texans in the National Football Events By Place Europe After an Interregnum of seven years Childeric III re-succeeds to the throne of the Frankish Empire Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī al-Baqir (محمد ابن علي الباقر) (676-743 AD or 1 Rajab 57 AH – 7 Dhu al-Hijjah 114 AH was the Fifth Imām 676)
• 1398 - Emperor Sukō (b. Events By Place Europe Æthelred invades Kent. Asia In Japan Emperor Temmu Emperor Sukō (崇光天皇 Sukō Tennō) ( May 25, 1334 &ndash January 31, 1398) was the third of Ashikaga Pretenders 1334)
• 1435 - Xuande, Emperor of China (b. The Xuande Emperor ( February 25, 1398 – January 31, 1435) was Emperor of China ( Ming dynasty) between 1425–1435 1398)
• 1561 - Bairam Khan, Great Mughal General, regent for Akbar
• 1561 - Menno Simons, Dutch Mennonite leader (b. Bairam Khan also Bayram Khan ( بيرام خان) (died 1561 was a powerful Turcoman noble and regent of eastern Anatolian and Azerbaijani Akbar redirects here For other uses see Akbar (disambiguation Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar ( Jalāl ud-Dīn Muhammad Akbar Menno Simons (1496 – January 25[[ 561]] was an Anabaptist religious leader from Friesland (today a province of The Netherlands) 1496)
• 1580 - Henry of Portugal (b. For the Count of Portugal see Henry Count of Portugal; for the Prince see Henry the Navigator Henry Cardinal-King of Portugal or 1512)
• 1606 - Guy Fawkes - Gunpowder Plot conspirators (b. Guy Fawkes ( 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606) sometimes known as Guido Fawkes, was a member of a group of English 1570)
• 1606 - Ambrose Rokewood - Gunpowder Plot conspirators (b. Sir Ambrose Rokewood (c 1578 &ndash January 31 1606) was one of the principal members of the abortive 1605 Gunpowder Plot conspiracy to c. 1578)
• 1606 - Thomas Wintour - Gunpowder Plot conspirators (b. Thomas Wintour (also spelt Winter) (1571 (although some accounts say 1572 - January 31, 1606) was one of the principal Catholic conspirators 1571)
• 1615 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. Claudio Acquaviva ( September 14, 1543 - January 31, 1615) was an Italian Jesuit priest elected the 5th Superior General of the 1543)
• 1632 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. Joost Bürgi, or Jobst Bürgi ( February 28 1552, Lichtensteig, Switzerland - January 31 1632)active primarily 1552)
• 1665 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. Johannes Clauberg ( 24 February 1622 &ndash 31 January 1665) was a German theologian and philosopher 1622)
• 1686 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. Jean (de Mairet (bap May 10, 1604 &ndash January 31, 1686) was a classical French Dramatist who wrote both tragedies 1604)
• 1720 - Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford PC (c 1654 – January 31, 1720) only son of Thomas Lord Grey of Groby, succeeded his grandfather 1654)
• 1729 - Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jacob Roggeveen (baptized 1 February 1659, Middelburg - 31 January, 1729, Middelburg was a Dutch explorer who was sent 1659)
• 1736 - Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. Year 1736 ( MDCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Filippo Juvarra, ( March 7, 1678 - January 31, 1736) was an Italian Architect and Scene 1678)
• 1788 - Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap For the US politician see Charles E Stuart For "Betty Burke" see The 'Forty-Five' below 1720)
• 1790 - Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Thomas Lewis ( April 27, 1718 &ndash January 31, 1790) was an Irish - American surveyor lawyer and a pioneer of early 1718)
• 1794 - Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot (1711 &ndash 31 January 1794 was a British Admiral, who commanded the Royal Navy 's North American station during the American 1711)
• 1815 - José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year José Félix Ribas ( Caracas, 19 September, 1775 - Tucupido, 31 January, 1815) was a Venezuelan independence 1775)
• 1828 - Alexander Ypsilantis, Phanariot Greek military commander and national hero of the Greek War of Independence (b. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Alexander Ypsilantis may refer to Alexander Ypsilantis (1725-1805, Prince of Wallachia from 1775 to 1782, and again from 1796 1792
• 1844 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Henri Gratien Comte Bertrand ( 28 March 1773 - 31 January 1844) French general was born at Châteauroux as a member of 1773)
• 1888 - John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Saint John Bosco (born 'Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco' and known in English as Don Bosco ( August 16 1815 &ndash January 31 1888 The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, originally known as the Society of St 1815)
• 1892 - Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly CH Spurgeon, ( June 19, 1834 &ndash January 31, 1892) was a British Reformed 1834)
• 1907 - Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Timothy Eaton (1834 &ndash January 31, 1907) was a Canadian businessman who founded the Eaton's Department store, one of the 1834)
• 1923 - Eligiusz Niewiadomski, assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eligiusz Niewiadomski ( Warsaw, December 1, 1869 – January 31, 1923, Warsaw) was a Polish Modernist Gabriel Narutowicz ( March 17 1865 &ndash December 16 1922) was the first President of Poland. 1869)
• 1933 - John Galsworthy, English writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Galsworthy OM (ˈgɔːlzwɝːðɪ ( 14 August, 1867 — 31 January, 1933) was an English Novelist and The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1867)
• 1942 - Henry Larkin, Baseball player (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry E Larkin (January 12 1860 - January 31 1942 Played Major League Baseball for 10 seasons 1860)
• 1944 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux ( August 15, 1882 &ndash January 31, 1944) was a French Novelist, Essayist, Diplomat 1882)
• 1945 - Eddie Slovik, American soldier (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Edward Donald Slovik ( February 18, 1920 &ndash January 31, 1945) was a private in the United States Army during World War 1920)
• 1954 - Edwin Howard Armstrong, American electrical engineer and inventor of the FM radio (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Edwin Howard Armstrong ( December 18, 1890 &ndash January 31, 1954) was an American Electrical engineer and Inventor 1890)
• 1955 - John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) John Raleigh Mott ( May 25, 1865 &ndash January 31, 1955) was a long-serving leader of the YMCA and the World Student Christian The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1865)
• 1956 - A. A. Milne, English author (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear 1882)
• 1966 - General Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army Officer (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival CB, DSO and Bar, OBE, MC, OStJ, DL, (26 December 1887 1887)
• 1967 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan ( September 29, 1908 &ndash January 30/31 1967 was an American athlete and sprinter and 1908)
• 1969 - Meher Baba, Indian guru (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Meher Baba ( Devanāgarī: मेहेर बाबा) (February 25 1894 Merwan Sheriar Irani – January 31 1969 was an Indian mystic and spiritual 1894)
• 1970 - Slim Harpo, American singer (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Slim Harpo ( 11 January, 1924 – 31 January, 1970) was a Blues musician 1924)
• 1971 - Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky (b 2 August 1891 in Saint Petersburg, d 1891)
• 1973 - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch ( March 3, 1895 January 31, 1973) was a Norwegian Economist. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1895)
• 1974 - Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born film studio executive (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Samuel Goldwyn ( ca. July 1879 &ndash 31 January 1974) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning producer 1882)
• 1976 - Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernesto Arturo Miranda ( March 9, 1941 – January 31, 1976) was a laborer whose conviction on kidnapping rape and armed robbery charges 1941)
• 1981 - Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Cozy Cole ( October 17 1909 – January 31 1981) was a jazz drummer who scored a #1 hit with the record 1909)
• 1987 - Yves Allégret, French film director (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Yves Allégret ( October 13, 1907 - January 31, 1987) was a French Film director in the Film noir genre 1907)
• 1990 - Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-born imam (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Rashad Khalifa ( Arabic: رشاد خليفة; November 19, 1935 &ndash January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American 1935)
• 1995 - George Abbott, American stage director and producer (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 George Francis Abbott ( June 25, 1887 - January 31, 1995) was an American Theater producer and director, Playwright 1887)
• 1997 - John Joseph Scanlan, Irish Catholic prelate (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar John Joseph Scanlan ( May 24, 1906 - January 31, 1997) was the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu in the 1930)
• 1999 - Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Norbert Henry Zauchin ( November 17, 1929 - January 31, 1999) was a First baseman in Major League Baseball who played for 1929)
• 2000 - Gil Kane, Latvian-born comic book writer (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Eli Katz ( April 6, 1926, Riga, Latvia – January 31, 2000, Miami Florida, United States) who 1926)
• 2001 - Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Gordon Rupert Dickson ( November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was an American Science fiction author 1923)
• 2002 - Francis Gabreski, American fighter pilot (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (Franciszek Gabryszewski ( 28 January 1919 - January 31 2002) was the top American A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed 1919)
• 2004 - Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Eleanor G Holm ( December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) was an American swimmer. 1913)
• 2006 - Moira Shearer, Scottish actress (The Red Shoes) and ballerina (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Moira Shearer Lady Kennedy ( 17 January, 1926 &ndash 31 January, 2006) was an internationally famous Scottish ballet dancer This about is about the 1948 film The Red Shoes. For other uses of the term see The Red Shoes. 1926)
• 2007 - Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Kirill "Kirka" Babitzin ( September 22, 1950 &ndash January 31 2007) was one of Finland 's most famous popular 1950)
• 2007 - Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author (b. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins ( August 30 1944 &ndash January 31 2007) was a Populist American newspaper Columnist 1944)
• 2007 - Lee Bergere, American actor (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lee Bergere (b April 10 1918, Brooklyn New York -d January 31 2007, Fremont New Hampshire) was an American 1924)
• 2007 - Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and wife of Oliver Tambo (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adelaide "Mama" Tambo ( July 18 1929 - January 31 2007) was a prominent anti-apartheid activist political exile and regarded as a Oliver Reginald Tambo ( 27 October 1917 - 24 April 1993) was a South African anti- Apartheid politician and a central figure 1929)

Holidays and observances

• Catholicism - Feast day of St. John Bosco, patron saint of Christian apprentices, editors, and publishers
• Saint Pedro Nolasco
• Saint Marcella
• Saint Geminianus
• Blessed Ludovica
• January 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On this day in Canada

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Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. As a Christian Ecclesiastical term Catholic —from the Greek adjective, meaning "general" or "universal"—is described Saint John Bosco (born 'Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco' and known in English as Don Bosco ( August 16 1815 &ndash January 31 1888 Apprenticeship is a system of Training a new generation of practitioners of a skill Editors are a British Indie rock band from Birmingham who formed in 2002 Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Saint Peter Nolasco (1189 &ndash 1256 Pere Nolasc in Catalan, Pierre Nolasque in French and Pedro Nolasco in Spanish, is a Catholic Marcella (325 - 410 is a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church and others Saint Geminianus (also known as Saint Geminian, or Saint Gimignano) was a fourth century Deacon, and later Bishop of Modena. Ludovica Albertoni (d1533 is considered a blessed person in Christianity. Jan 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb 1 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 13 by

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