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01/31/1937
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Steve Karmen, Bronx NY, jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud's for You)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1938
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Ajip Rosidi, Indonesian poet/writer (Madjalah Sunda, Pesta)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1938
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Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands (1980- )
Type: Birth
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01/31/1938
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James G Watt, Colo, US Secretary of Interior (1981-83)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1939
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George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* and 1-20), dies
Type: Death
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01/31/1940
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Jessica Walter, Bkln NY, actress (Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1940
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Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor (Love American Style)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1940
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40 U boats sunk this month (111,000 ton)
Type: Event
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01/31/1940
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C Turney and J Horwin's "My Dear Children," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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01/31/1940
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Ren‚ "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56
Type: Death
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01/31/1941
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Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands
Type: Event
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01/31/1941
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George S Mickelson, (Gov-SD)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1941
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Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
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01/31/1941
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Richard A Gephardt, (Rep-D-MO, 1977- )
Type: Birth
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01/31/1941
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Sharon Miller, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1941
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21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton)
Type: Event
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01/31/1942
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62 U boats sunk this month (327,000 ton)
Type: Event
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01/31/1942
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Derek Jarman, actor/director (Angelic Conversation, Edward II)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1942
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Gerald Chanberlain, rocker
Type: Birth
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01/31/1943
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Gen Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad
Type: Event
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01/31/1943
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39 U boats sunk this month (203,100 ton)
Type: Event
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01/31/1943
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Chile breaks contact with Germany and Japan
Type: Event
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01/31/1944
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U-592 sunk off Ireland
Type: Event
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01/31/1944
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Anton Korteweg, Dutch poet (For the Good Order)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1944
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Charley Musselwhite, blues musician (Stand Back, Louisiana Fog)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1944
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Eugene Terre Blanche, S Afr leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging
Type: Birth
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01/31/1944
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John Inverarity, cricketer (Australian batsman 1968-72)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1944
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US forces invade Kwajalein Atoll
Type: Event
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01/31/1944
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Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June
Type: Event
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01/31/1945
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US 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath
Type: Event
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01/31/1945
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Noah Creshevsky, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1945
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Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25
Type: Death
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01/31/1946
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Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1946
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Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic
Type: Event
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01/31/1946
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Glynn Turman, NYC, actor (Lew-Peyton Place, Manimal, Centennial)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1946
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Jonathan Banks, Wash DC, actor (Armed and Dangerous, Cold Steel)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1946
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Terry Kath, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1947
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Nolan Ryan, pitcher (Mets, Angels, Astros) (7 no-hitters, 5,714 Ks)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1947
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Jim Nollman, composer
Type: Birth
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01/31/1948
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J D Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" appears in NY
Type: Event
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01/31/1948
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Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway
Type: Event
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01/31/1949
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1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)
Type: Event
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01/31/1949
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Carol Hawkins, actress (Dialing for Dingbats)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1949
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Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84
Type: Death
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01/31/1950
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Pres Truman OKs building of hydrogen bomb
Type: Event
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01/31/1951
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Presiley Baxendale, British QC
Type: Birth
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01/31/1951
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Phil Manzanera, rock guitarist (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1951
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Harry Casey, [KC], rock vocalist (KC and Sunshine Band-Give It)
Type: Birth
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01/31/1952
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Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1« centuries
Type: Event
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01/31/1952
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Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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