January 31
1606 - Guy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.
1863 - During the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers, an all-Black Union regiment composed of many escaped slaves, was mustered into federal service at Beaufort, South Carolina.
1865 - The House of Representatives approved the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States, and sent it to the states for ratification. (The amendment was adopted in December 1865.)
1865 - Robert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.
1917 - During World War I, Germany announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1940 - The first social security check in the United States was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.
1944 - U.S. forces invaded the Japanese-held Marshall Islands during World War II.
1945 - Pvt. Eddie Slovik, age 24, became the only U.S. solider since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France.
1949 - The first TV daytime soap opera, "These Are My Children," was broadcast on the NBC television station in Chicago.
1950 - President Harry S. Truman announced that he had ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb.
1958 - The first American satellite, Explorer I, was put into orbit.
1961 - NASA launched Ham the Chimp aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket from Cape Canaveral; Ham was recovered safely from the Atlantic Ocean following his 16 1/2-minute suborbital flight.
1971 - Apollo 14 blasted off on the third successful manned mission to the moon.
1990 - McDonald's Corp. opened their first restaurant in Russia.
2000 - An Alaska Airlines jet plunged into the ocean off Southern California on a flight from Mexico to San Francisco, killing all 88 people on board.
2001 - A Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan and acquitted a second in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
2006 - Samuel Alito was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
2006 - The U.S. Senate approved Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2011 - Egypt's military promised not to fire on peaceful protests and recognized "the legitimacy of the people's demands."
2011 - Myanmar opened its first parliament in more than two decades.
2012 - The breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure set off a furor by deciding to halt its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates (Komen reversed itself three days later).
2017 - President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Gorsuch would be confirmed in April 2017 by a 54-45 vote.)
2020 - The United States declared a public health emergency over the new coronavirus, and President Donald Trump signed an order to temporarily bar entry to foreign nationals, other than immediate family of U.S. citizens, who had traveled in China within the preceding 14 days.
2020 - The U.S. Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial.
2021 - A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections.
Birthdays
26 - Joel Courtney (actor)
30 - Amy Jackson (model)
35 - Tyler Hubbard (singer)
37 - Tyler Ritter (actor)
41 - Justin Timberlake (singer)
42 - April Lee Hernandez (actress)
43 - Becky Buller (singer)
45 - Kerry Washington (actress)
45 - Bobby Moynihan (actor/comedian)
47 - Preity Zinta (actress)
49 - Portia de Rossi (actress)
52 - Minnie Driver (actress)
61 - Lloyd Cole (singer)
63 - Anthony LaPaglia (actor)
63 - Kelly Lynch (actress)
66 - Johnny Rotten (singer)
71 - Harry Wayne Casey (singer)
75 - Jonathan Banks (actor)
75 - Nolan Ryan (baseball player)
75 - Glynn Turman (actor)
82 - Stuart Margolin (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 31
1919 - Jackie Robinson, the man who broke professional baseball's color barrier in 1947, was born in Cairo, Georgia.
1920 - Joe Malone (Quebec Bullldogs) set an NHL record with 7 goals in a game.
1952 - Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971 - Dave Bancroft and George Weiss are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1977 - Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie and Al Lopez are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1988 - The Washington Redskins defeated the Denver Broncos 42-10 in San Diego to win Super Bowl XXII.
1993 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills 52-17 in Pasadena, California to win Super Bowl XXVII.
1997 - Dominique Wilkins of the San Antonio Spurs becomes just the sixth player in NBA history to reach 26,000 career points scored.
1999 - The Denver Broncos defeated the Atlanta Falcons in Miami to win Super Bowl XXXIII.
2000 - A fight between Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis and his companions and another group of people resulted in the stabbing deaths of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar, resulting in the indictment of Lewis 11 days later on murder and aggravated assault charges.
2015 - The Atlanta Hawks set an NBA monthly wins record as they improved to 17-0 for January.
2018 - James Harden of the Houston Rockets became the first player in NBA history to log a 60-point triple-double with 60 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals and a block in the Rockets' 114-107 win over the Orlando Magic.
2019 - In a blockbuster trade, the New York Knicks send Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr., Courtney Lee and Trey Burke to the Dallas Mavericks for Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, Wesley Matthews and two future first-round picks.
2003 - The Chicago White Sox announced a deal that would change the name of Comiskey Park after a 93-year association with the Comiskey name.
1606 - Guy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.
1863 - During the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers, an all-Black Union regiment composed of many escaped slaves, was mustered into federal service at Beaufort, South Carolina.
1865 - The House of Representatives approved the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States, and sent it to the states for ratification. (The amendment was adopted in December 1865.)
1865 - Robert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.
1917 - During World War I, Germany announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1940 - The first social security check in the United States was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.
1944 - U.S. forces invaded the Japanese-held Marshall Islands during World War II.
1945 - Pvt. Eddie Slovik, age 24, became the only U.S. solider since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France.
1949 - The first TV daytime soap opera, "These Are My Children," was broadcast on the NBC television station in Chicago.
1950 - President Harry S. Truman announced that he had ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb.
1958 - The first American satellite, Explorer I, was put into orbit.
1961 - NASA launched Ham the Chimp aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket from Cape Canaveral; Ham was recovered safely from the Atlantic Ocean following his 16 1/2-minute suborbital flight.
1971 - Apollo 14 blasted off on the third successful manned mission to the moon.
1990 - McDonald's Corp. opened their first restaurant in Russia.
2000 - An Alaska Airlines jet plunged into the ocean off Southern California on a flight from Mexico to San Francisco, killing all 88 people on board.
2001 - A Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan and acquitted a second in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
2006 - Samuel Alito was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
2006 - The U.S. Senate approved Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2011 - Egypt's military promised not to fire on peaceful protests and recognized "the legitimacy of the people's demands."
2011 - Myanmar opened its first parliament in more than two decades.
2012 - The breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure set off a furor by deciding to halt its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates (Komen reversed itself three days later).
2017 - President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Gorsuch would be confirmed in April 2017 by a 54-45 vote.)
2020 - The United States declared a public health emergency over the new coronavirus, and President Donald Trump signed an order to temporarily bar entry to foreign nationals, other than immediate family of U.S. citizens, who had traveled in China within the preceding 14 days.
2020 - The U.S. Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial.
2021 - A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections.
Birthdays
26 - Joel Courtney (actor)
30 - Amy Jackson (model)
35 - Tyler Hubbard (singer)
37 - Tyler Ritter (actor)
41 - Justin Timberlake (singer)
42 - April Lee Hernandez (actress)
43 - Becky Buller (singer)
45 - Kerry Washington (actress)
45 - Bobby Moynihan (actor/comedian)
47 - Preity Zinta (actress)
49 - Portia de Rossi (actress)
52 - Minnie Driver (actress)
61 - Lloyd Cole (singer)
63 - Anthony LaPaglia (actor)
63 - Kelly Lynch (actress)
66 - Johnny Rotten (singer)
71 - Harry Wayne Casey (singer)
75 - Jonathan Banks (actor)
75 - Nolan Ryan (baseball player)
75 - Glynn Turman (actor)
82 - Stuart Margolin (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 31
1919 - Jackie Robinson, the man who broke professional baseball's color barrier in 1947, was born in Cairo, Georgia.
1920 - Joe Malone (Quebec Bullldogs) set an NHL record with 7 goals in a game.
1952 - Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971 - Dave Bancroft and George Weiss are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1977 - Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie and Al Lopez are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1988 - The Washington Redskins defeated the Denver Broncos 42-10 in San Diego to win Super Bowl XXII.
1993 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills 52-17 in Pasadena, California to win Super Bowl XXVII.
1997 - Dominique Wilkins of the San Antonio Spurs becomes just the sixth player in NBA history to reach 26,000 career points scored.
1999 - The Denver Broncos defeated the Atlanta Falcons in Miami to win Super Bowl XXXIII.
2000 - A fight between Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis and his companions and another group of people resulted in the stabbing deaths of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar, resulting in the indictment of Lewis 11 days later on murder and aggravated assault charges.
2015 - The Atlanta Hawks set an NBA monthly wins record as they improved to 17-0 for January.
2018 - James Harden of the Houston Rockets became the first player in NBA history to log a 60-point triple-double with 60 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals and a block in the Rockets' 114-107 win over the Orlando Magic.
2019 - In a blockbuster trade, the New York Knicks send Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr., Courtney Lee and Trey Burke to the Dallas Mavericks for Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, Wesley Matthews and two future first-round picks.
2003 - The Chicago White Sox announced a deal that would change the name of Comiskey Park after a 93-year association with the Comiskey name.
