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Jan 16, 2009
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

This will be 31st day of the year and 334 days will remain in the year.


January 31 Birthdays

Franz Schubert
1797–1828, Austrian Composer.

Zane Grey
author (1872)

 Tallulah Bankhead
actress (1902)

 John O'Hara
novelist and short-story writer, (1905)

 Thomas Merton
religious writer and poet (1915)

 Jackie Robinson
baseball player (1919)

 Carol Channing
comedienne, singer (1921)

 Norman Mailer
writer (1923)

 Minnie Driver
actress (1970)

 Justin Timberlake
pop musician (1981)

January 31 in History

1606

Guy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was executed.

1865

Robert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces.

1865

The House of Representatives approved the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States.

1940

The first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.

1958

The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched.

1990

The first McDonald's opened in Russia.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.

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