Historical Events In January - 31
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
1970 Slim Harpo, [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28 on January - 31.
1971 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on UK pop chart on this day in history.
1971 American astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blast off to the moon aboard apollo 14 on January - 31.
1971 Apollo 14 launched, first landing in lunar highlands on this day in history.
1971 On January - 31 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1971 On January - 31 uS male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich
1972 Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral on this day in history.
1972 On January - 31 birenda, becomes leader of Nepal
1972 Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana on this day in history.
1972 US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998) on this day in history.
1972 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1973 On January - 31 ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77
1974 On this day in history glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61
1975 On January - 31 barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold
1975 John Lennon releases "#9 Dream" on January - 31.
1976 On this day in history "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1
1976 Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308 on this day in history.
1977 On this day in history frenchman François Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in Chad
1978 On January - 31 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 on this day in history.
1980 On this day in history police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41
1980 J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 & 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies on this day in history.
1981 "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1 on January - 31.
1981 On January - 31 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 on this day in history.
1981 Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1 13.39) on January - 31.
1982 On this day in history 10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman
1982 On January - 31 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 on January - 31.
1984 On January - 31 edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network
1984 On January - 31 nBC TV news reporter Edwin Newman retires after 35 years with the network.
1984 On January - 31 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 South African President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence on January - 31.
1986 On this day in history mary Lund of Minnesota, is first female recipient of an artificial heart
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