January 31

Events

 * - cedes  to.
 * - : is executed for his plotting against  and.
 * - The first s clinic opens at.
 * - becomes  of.
 * - After the, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unified as the City of.
 * - abolished in the  (following legislation in 1846).
 * - : General  becomes general-in-chief.
 * - nationalist leader  leaves  on board of a  ship for
 * - The orders all s to move into reservations.
 * - Datu Muhammad Salleh is shot dead in Kampung Teboh, Tambuan, ending the
 * - The   broke out in the northern city of.
 * - : uses  against ns.
 * - World War I: announces its s will engage in.
 * - A on a y  night leads to the loss of two  s with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five  warships.
 * - [[Image:1919 Battle of George Square - David Kirkwood.jpg|thumb| being detained by police during the ]]
 * - The exiles.
 * - begins marketing.
 * -  debuts.
 * - set sail.
 * - : forces land on  and other islands in the ese-held.
 * - : campaign. (Darby's Rangers)  The entire 6615th Ranger Force (Provisional) was destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Cisterna, Italy.
 * - private  is executed, the first  soldier since the  to be executed for desertion.
 * - 's new, modeling the , establishes six constituent republics (, , , , and ).
 * -  announces a program to develop the.
 * - The causes over 1,800 deaths in the.
 * - becomes  of.
 * - Three students on a junior high school playground in are among the eight persons killed following the mid-air collision between a  airliner and a   fighter jet above the  section of.
 * - :  - The first successful launch of an  into orbit.
 * 1958  -  discovers the.
 * - : -  travels into.
 * - was Born at.
 * - attack the   in.
 * 1968  -  declares independence from.
 * - A Court convicts 17-year-old   of ; he is sentenced to life in . He spent 23 years in jail until,  when DNA evidence proves him innocent of all charges.
 * - : - Astronauts, , and , aboard a , lift off for a mission to the  on the.
 * 1971  - The, organized by the  to publicize s and atrocities by  and allies in , begin in ,.
 * - Thirty-nine people burn to death in the occupation of the Embassy in.
 * - The first in the Soviet Union opens in,.
 * - President authorizes a $20 billion loan to  to stabilize its.
 * - An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the in,  killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400.
 * - An, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the  off the coast of , killing all 88 persons aboard.
 * - In the a  court convicts a n and acquits another for their part in the bombing of  which crashed into  in.
 * - A large section of the  begins disintegrating, eventually consuming about 3,250 km² (1,254 miles²) over a 35-day period.
 * -, NSW, Australia.
 * - assumes office as the 110th Supreme Court justice of the.
 * - in  in the, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving  British soldier in.

Births

 * - King (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, French Catholic leader (d. )
 * -, French saint (d. )
 * -, Flemish philosopher (d. )
 * -, French catholic priest and saint (d. )
 * -, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. )
 * -, American lawmaker and diplomat (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, Founder of the Tour-de-France (d. )
 * -, Indian spiritual leader (d. )
 * -, Russian philosopher (d. )
 * -, American chemist, (d. )
 * -, American Western writer (d. )
 * -, American chemist, (d. )
 * -, 1st (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American actor and singer (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1902  -, Swedish politician,  (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, American football player (d. )
 * -, American actor and stuntman (d. )
 * 1914  -, Hindu religious figure
 * 1914  -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, American musicologist (d. )
 * 1915  -, American author and monk (d. )
 * 1915  -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1921  -, American actress and singer
 * 1921  -, American architect (d. )
 * 1921  -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American writer and journalist (d. )
 * -, American leader
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American singer and songwriter (d. )
 * -, German physicist,
 * 1929  -, English actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1931  -, English athlete, newscaster and politician
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1934  -, Canadian ice hockey player (d. )
 * -, Japanese writer,
 * -, Lithuanian actor
 * 1937  -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * 1937  -, American composer
 * 1937  -, American actress
 * - Queen
 * 1938  -, American politician
 * -, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * -, South African rugby union coach (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * 1941  -, American actress
 * -, Italian actress
 * 1942  -, British director and writer (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * -, American conceptual artist
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1947  -, American baseball player
 * -, Japanese politician
 * -, Dutch footballer and sports journalist
 * -, American philosopher
 * -, Boris Yeltsin's bodyguard
 * -, Aruban-born singer
 * 1951  -, American singer and musician
 * 1951  -, English guitarist
 * -, Russian painter (d. )
 * -, Dutch musician
 * - aka Johnny Rotten, English singer
 * -, Australian actor
 * 1959  -, American actress
 * 1959  -, American stock car driver
 * -, British comic book author
 * -, British singer
 * -, Crush from the (d  )
 * -, Canadian diver
 * 1964  -, American musician
 * 1964  -, Swedish singer
 * -, A Sufi Master was Born at.
 * -, American musician
 * 1967  -, Hong Kong actress
 * 1967  -, Taiwanese actress
 * -, British actress
 * -, South Korean actress
 * 1971  -, Northern Irish comedian
 * 1971  -, Greek footballer
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, Australian comedian
 * 1974  -, Cuban baseball player
 * -, Australian radio host
 * 1975  -, Indian actress
 * -, Greek footballer
 * 1976  -, American race car driver
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1977  -, Japanese actor and singer
 * 1977  -, American football player
 * 1977  -, American actress
 * -, Irish DJ, TV, radio presenter
 * -,  champion
 * -, British autistic savant
 * -, American actress
 * -, Argentinian footballer
 * 1981  -, American singer
 * -, Cuban baseball player
 * 1982  -, German footballer
 * 1982  -, Portuguese actor, comedian and TV host
 * 1982  -, Greek singer
 * 1982  -, Latvian ice hockey player
 * 1982  -, American baseball player
 * -, British television actor
 * -, American 400m runner

Deaths

 * -, Shia Imam (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Emperor of China (b. )
 * -, Great Mughal General, regent for
 * 1561  -, Dutch Mennonite leader (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * - Gunpowder Plot conspirators:
 * (b. )
 * (b. c. )
 * (b. )
 * -, Italian Jesuit (b. )
 * -, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. )
 * -, German theologian and philosopher (b. )
 * -, French dramatist (b. )
 * -, English privy councillor (c. )
 * -, Dutch explorer (b. )
 * -, Italian architect (b. )
 * -, pretender to the British throne (b. )
 * -, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. )
 * -, British admiral (b. )
 * -, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. )
 * -, Phanariot Greek military commander and national hero of the Greek War of Independence
 * -, French general (b. )
 * -, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the (b. )
 * -, English preacher and evangelist (b. )
 * -, Canadian department store founder (b. )
 * -, assassin of (b. )
 * -, English writer, (b. )
 * -, Baseball player (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, American soldier (b. )
 * -, American electrical engineer and inventor of the radio (b. )
 * -, American YMCA leader, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, British Army Officer (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, Indian guru (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, Russian literary historian, linguist (b. )
 * -, Norwegian economist, (b. )
 * -, Polish-born film studio executive (b. )
 * -, American litigant (b. )
 * -, American jazz drummer (b. )
 * -, French film director (b. )
 * -, Egyptian-born imam (b. )
 * -, American stage director and producer (b. )
 * -, Irish Catholic prelate (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Latvian-born comic book writer (b. )
 * -, Canadian writer (b. )
 * -, American swimmer (b. )
 * -, Scottish actress and ballerina (b. )
 * -, Finnish singer (b. )
 * 2007  -, American political columnist and author (b. )
 * 2007  -, American actor (b. )
 * 2007  -, South African activist and wife of Oliver Tambo (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Feast day of, patron saint of 	Christian , , and