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January 31
(Redirected from 31 January)
January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 334 days remaining, (335 in leap years). Also, this is the final day of January.
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Events
upto 19th century
20th century
1900-1949
1950-1999
21st century
Births
upto 19th century
20th century
1900s-1930s
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1901 - Marie Luise Kaschnitz , writer (d. 1974)
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1902 - Alva Mydral , politician (d. 1986)
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1902 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress (d. 1968)
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1905 - Christian Dior, couturier (d. 1957)
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1905 - John O'Hara, writer (d. 1970)
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1914 - Jersey Joe Walcott, boxer (d. 1994)
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1915 - Thomas Merton, monk and author (d. 1968)
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1919 - Jackie Robinson, baseball player (d. 1972)
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1920 - Paul Warnke , diplomat (d. 2001)
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1921 - Carol Channing, actress
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1921 - Mario Lanza, singer, actor (d. 1959)
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1921 - E. Fay Jones, architect
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1923 - Norman Mailer, writer and journalist
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1925 - Benjamin Hooks, head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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1929 - Jean Simmons, actress
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1931 - Ernie Banks, Baseball Hall of Famer
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1937 - Suzanne Pleshette, actress
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1937 - Philip Glass, composer
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1938 - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
1940s-1980s
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1941 - Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt, American politician
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1942 - Derek Jarman, director, writer (d. 1994)
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1946 - Terry Kath, musician (d. 1978)
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1947 - Nolan Ryan, Baseball Hall of Famer
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1949 - Ken Wilber, philosopher
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1956 - Johnny Rotten, musician (The "Censored page")
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1969 - Diego Sanchez, law professor
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1970 - Minnie Driver, actress
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1974 - Ian Huntley, responsible for the Soham murders
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1976 - Buddy Rice, race car driver, winner of the 2004 Indianapolis 500
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1981 - Justin Timberlake, musician
Deaths
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743 - Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam
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1561 - Menno Simons, founder of Mennonite church (b. 1496)
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1606 - Guy Fawkes, executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1570)
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1851 - David Spangler Kaufman, American politician, first Jewish Congressman from Texas (b. 1813)
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1892 - Charles Spurgeon, preacher and evangelist
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1907 - Timothy Eaton, department store founder (b. 1834)
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1933 - John Galsworthy, writer (b. 1867)
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1945 - Eddie Slovik, American soldier (b. 1920)
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1956 - A. A. Milne, author (Winnie the Pooh) (b. 1882)
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1967 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b. 1908
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1970 - Slim Harpo, blues singer (b. 1924)
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1974 - Samuel Goldwyn, film studio executive (b. 1882)
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1990 - Rashad Khalifa, imam, stabbed to death (b. 1935)
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1992 - Willie Dixon, blues musician (b. 1915)
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1995 - George Abbott, director and producer on Broadway, dies at 107 (b. 1887)
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2000 - Gil Kane, comic book writer
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2001 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction writer (b. 1923)
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2004 - Eleanor Holm - American swimmer
Holidays and observances
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Catholicism - Feast day of St. John Bosco .
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Winter-een-mas - Seventh day: Unofficially known as Master-Chiefmas, LAN-ukah or Halo-ween. Winter-een-mas officially comes to an end.
January 30 - February 1 - December 31 - February 28 (February 29) -- listing of all days
Last updated: 02-07-2005 02:49:07
Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55
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