Page 8: Historical Events In January - 31

1971  Apollo 14 launched, inaugural landing in lunar highlands   

1971  US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn   

1971  US male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich.   

1972  Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral   

1972  Birenda, is recorded as becoming leader of Nepal   

1972  Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana.   

1972  US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244998).   

1972  Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51   

1973  Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77.   

1974  Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61.   

1975  Barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold.   

1975  In this year, John Lennon releases "#9 Dream".   

1976  "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1.   

1976  Lance Gibbs is recorded as becoming highest Test wicket-taker at 308   

1978  Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements   

1980  Ontario to rebate up to $700 in sales tax for purchasers of 1979 model cars; effort to help slumping car sales.   

1980  Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41.   

1980  J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies   

1981  "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1   

1981  38th Golden Globes Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter.   

1981  Gaetan Boucher 1958- skates the 1000m in a world record time of 1:13.39; native of Charlesbourg, Quebec will go on to win gold in the 1000m and 1500m, and a bronze in the 500m at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics.   

1981  Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1 13.39)   

1982  10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman   

1982  In Ottawa Ontario Pierre Elliott Trudeau urges end to Polish martial law on the 'Let Poland be Poland' TV broadcast; supporting the Polish Solidarity movement.   

1982  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton.   

1984  Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network   

1984  NBC TV news reporter Edwin Newman retires after 35 years with the network   

1984  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

1985  South African President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence   

1986  Mary Lund of Minnesota, is inaugural female recipient of an artificial heart   

1986  Ohio records a 5.0 earthquake seventeen people treated for minor injuries and some damage (VI) sustained in the Painesville-Mentor area   

1987  44th Golden Globes Platoon, Marlee Matlin win   

1987  Cut-price airline People Express flies its last flights before becoming part of Continental Airlines.   

1987  United Steelworkers union ratified a concessionary contract with USX Corp   

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0877  Taejo of goryeo: Ruler of korea   

1512  King henry of portugal: King henry of portugal (d. 1580)   

1517  Gioseffo zarlino: Composer   

1543  Tokugawa ieyasu: Shogun of japan   

1550  Henry i: Duke of guise, french catholic leader   

1573  Ambrosius metzger: Composer   

1597  John francis regis: French saint   

1601  Pieter de bloot: Dutch landscape painter   

0743  Death of Muhammad al-baqir: Shia imam (b. 676)   

1435  Death of Xuande: Emperor of china (b. 1398)   

1561  Death of Menno simonsz: Dutch priest/vicar (foundation book),   

1580  Hendrik: Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80),   

1606  Guy fawkes: Convicted in the "gunpowder plot", executed at 35   

1615  Death of Claudio aquaviva: Italian jesuit (b. 1543)   

1632  Death of Joost bürgi: Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)   

1665  Johannes clauberg: German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)