Page 9: Historical Events In January - 31

1986  Ohio records a 5.0 earthquake seventeen people treated for minor injuries and some damage (VI) sustained in the Painesville-Mentor area on January - 31.   

1987  44th Golden Globes Platoon, Marlee Matlin win on January - 31.   

1987  Cut-price airline People Express flies its last flights before becoming part of Continental Airlines on January - 31.   

1987  United Steelworkers union ratified a concessionary contract with USX Corp on January - 31.   

1988  On January - 31 barge sinks near Anacortes WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil   

1989  Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80 on January - 31.   

1990  On January - 31 george Cohon, head of Canadian franchise subsidiary opens first McDonald's fast-food restaurant in Pushkin Square, the world's biggest McDonald's Moscow Russia   

1990  McDonald's opens its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow on January - 31.   

1990  On this day in history the first ever all-sports daily "The National" begins publishing   

1991  On this day in history an earthquake measuring 6.6 occurs in the Hindu Kush Region . Estimated 200-400 people killed, many injured and many homes destroyed or damaged in Konar, Nangarhar and Badakhshan Provinces, Afghanistan.   

1991  Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (ends after 3 days) on January - 31.   

1991  On this day in history robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude   

1992  MTA raised tolls on most New York City NY bridges from $2.50 to $3.00 on this day in history.   

1992  Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants), dies at 82   

1994  Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36 on this day in history.   

1994  On January - 31 german based BMW buys Rover cars from British Aerospace for 800 million   

1994  Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81 on January - 31.   

1995  George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65   

1997  On January - 31 a state of emergency has been lifted in Durham, Ontario where flooding earlier this month forced the evacuation of 120 homes and businesses. The waters of the Saugeen River have finally stabilized. Damage is estimated at 1.1 million dollars, and 15 families are still unable to return home.   

1997  The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz class aircraft carrier with a flight deck the size of three football fields, is paying a courtesy visit to Victoria British Columbia today on this day in history.   

1997  Eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1998  STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands on January - 31.   

1999  On January - 31 the Denver Broncos repeat as NFL champions, defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-19 in Super Bowl XXXIII.   

2001  The Montreal Canadians Hockey team is sold by Molsons to an American on this day in history.   

2006  Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on January - 31.   

2007  Delta Air Lines creditors officially reject US Airways' hostile takeover bid on this day in history.   

2007  The Mooninite scare occurs in Boston when devices used in a guerrilla marketing campaign for the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force are mistaken for improvised explosive devices on this day in history.   

2007  The Venezuelan National Assembly gives President Hugo Chávez the power to rule by decree for 18 months on this day in history.   

2009  In Kenya, at lea 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at lea 25 people on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history 300 people are injured in a train collision in Pretoria, South Africa   

2017  Romanian government passes emergency decree to release prisoners and decriminalise corruption charges, triggering huge protests in Bucharest on January - 31.   

2017  US President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructs Justice Department officials not to defend Trump's travel ban on January - 31.   

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0877  Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943) was born on January - 31.   

1512  King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on January - 31.   

1517  On this day in history birth of gioseffo Zarlino, composer   

1543  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)   

1573  Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on this day in history.   

1573  Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer was born on January - 31.   

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.   

0743  On this day in history death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)   

1398  On this day in history death of emperor Sukō (b. 1334)   

1435  On this day in history death of xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398)   

1561  On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies   

1580  On this day in history hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies   

1606  On this day in history death of guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35   

1615  Death of Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543) on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) on January - 31.