January 31
Saturday 31, 2004:
Mystery Science Theater 3000 ends its run on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Wednesday 31, 2001:
In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
Monday 31, 2000:
An Alaska Airlines MD-83 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Malibu, California killing 131.
Sunday 31, 1999:
Super Bowl XXXIII: The Denver Broncos defeat the Atlanta Falcons, 34-19. After the game, the TV show Family Guy airs its pilot episode.
Wednesday 31, 1996:
Dragonball Z ends in Japan.
Tuesday 31, 1995:
President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
Sunday 31, 1993:
Super Bowl XXVII: The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills, 52-17.
Wednesday 31, 1990:
The first McDonald's opens in Moscow, Russia.
Sunday 31, 1988:
Super Bowl XXII: The Washington Redskins win their second championship of the 1980s, 42-10.
Sunday 31, 1971:
The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begin in Detroit, Michigan.
Wednesday 31, 1968:
Nauru declares independence from Australia.
Tuesday 31, 1961:
Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
Friday 31, 1958:
James Van Allen discovers the Van Allen radiation belt.
Tuesday 31, 1956:
Guy Mollet becomes Prime Minister of France.
Tuesday 31, 1950:
President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
Thursday 31, 1946:
Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
Wednesday 31, 1945:
US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion.
Monday 31, 1944:
World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
Friday 31, 1936:
The Green Hornet radio show debuts.
Friday 31, 1930:
3M markets Scotch Tape.
Thursday 31, 1929:
The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.
Thursday 31, 1918:
A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
Wednesday 31, 1917:
World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.
Sunday 31, 1915:
World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russians.
Monday 31, 1876:
The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
Thursday 31, 1867:
Maronite nationalist leader Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for Algeria
Tuesday 31, 1865:
American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
Wednesday 31, 1849:
Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom.
Monday 31, 1814:
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.
Tuesday 31, 1747:
The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital.
Tuesday 31, 1606:
Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England.
Sunday 31, 1504:
France cedes Naples to Aragon.
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