What are the important events that happened on January 31? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 31: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 31 is the 31st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 334 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 18, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,856 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontahenagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 382 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,424 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 31 Historical Events
- 1867 –Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board a French ship bound for Algeria
- 1876 –The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
- 1915 –World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russia
- 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.
- 1929 –The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.
- 1944 –World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
- 1958 –James Van Allen discovers the Van Allen radiation belt.
- 1995 –President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
- 2003 –The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.
- 2014 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Horse in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on January 31?
- 1686 –Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
- 1820 –William B. Washburn, American politician and 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887)
- 1913 –Don Hutson, American football player (d. 1997)
- 1914 –Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (d. 1994)
- 1934 –Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
- 1971 –Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer
- 1971 –Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian
- 1981 –Justin Timberlake, American singer
- 1984 –Vernon Davis, American football player
- 1987 –Raúl Richter, German actor
Who died on January 31?
- 1398 –Emperor Sukō (b. 1334)
- 1615 –Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)
- 1632 –Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
- 1665 –Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)
- 1729 –Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)
- 1856 –Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
- 1907 –Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)
- 1974 –Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born film studio executive (b. 1882)
- 1976 –Evert Taube, Swedish author and composer (b. 1890)
- 2008 –Zeltim Odie Peterson, famous pug dog (b. 1997)
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