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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  The first ever all-sports daily "The National" begins publishing on January - 31.   

1991  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 on January - 31.   

1991  Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (ends after 3 days) on this day in history.   

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 January - 31.   

1992  On this day in history sportscaster Howard Cosell retires   

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  German based BMW buys Rover cars from British Aerospace for 800 million on this day in history.   

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

1995  On January - 31 george Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105   

1996  Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65 on January - 31.   

1997  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 on this day in history.   

1997  On January - 31 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.   

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

1998  STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands on this day in history.   

1999  On this day in history 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 January - 31.   

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

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

2007  On January - 31 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.   

2007  On January - 31 the Venezuelan National Assembly gives President Hugo Chávez the power to rule by decree for 18 months.   

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  300 people are injured in a train collision in Pretoria, South Africa on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)   

1512  On this day in history birth of king Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)   

1517  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on January - 31.   

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

1550  On January - 31 birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)   

1573  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer   

1573  On this day in history birth of giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer   

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on January - 31.   

0743  Death of Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) on January - 31.   

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

1435  Death of Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) on this day in history.   

1561  Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies on January - 31.   

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

1606  Death of Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 on January - 31.   

1615  On January - 31 death of claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)   

1632  On January - 31 death of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)