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 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 334 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 18, 2023 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,918,720 minutes 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 375 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 3,693 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 31 Historical Events
- 1504 –France cedes Naples to Aragon.
- 1606 –Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England.
- 1848 –John C. Fremont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
- 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: During Anzio campaign 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby’s Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
- 1950 –President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
- 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.
- 2033 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on January 31?
- 1597 –John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)
- 1825 –Miska Magyarics, Slovene poet in Hungary (d. 1883)
- 1938 –James G. Watt, American politician and 43rd United States Secretary of the Interior
- 1938 –Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- 1939 –Claude Gauthier, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1942 –Derek Jarman, British director and writer (d. 1994)
- 1951 –Dave Benton, Aruban singer
- 1966 –Dexter Fletcher, English actor
- 1975 –Jackie O, Australian radio host
- 1978 –Ray Shah, Irish radio presenter
Who died on January 31?
- 1435 –Emperor Xuande of China (b. 1398)
- 1606 –Guy Fawkes – Gunpowder Plot conspirators (b. 1570)
- 1892 –Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834)
- 1933 –John Galsworthy, English writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1867)
- 1954 –Edwin Howard Armstrong, American electrical engineer and inventor of the FM radio (b. 1890)
- 1967 –Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b. 1908)
- 1970 –Slim Harpo, American singer (b. 1924)
- 2007 –Adelaide Tambo, South African activist, widow of Oliver Tambo (b. 1929)
- 2007 –Kirill “Kirka” Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
- 2007 –Lee Bergere, American actor (b. 1924)
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