421 Historic Events for January 31
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Michael Wilford, diplomat
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| 1922 |
Death |
Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Norman Mailer, NJ, NYC mayoral candidate/novelist (Naked and the Dead)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Joanne Dru, Logan WV, actress (Guestwood Ho, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Eddie Ryder, NYC, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Benjamin Hooks, civil rights leader
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Fred Catherwood, MP
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Charles Aidman, Frankfort Ind, narrator (New Twilight Zone)
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| 1925 |
Event |
Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Prunella Briance, founder (National Childbirth Trust)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Jean Simmons, London England, actress (Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls)
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| 1927 |
Event |
Intl allies military command in Germany disbands
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| 1927 |
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NL Pres John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock in the Cardinals and play for the Giants
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| 1928 |
Event |
Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Richard Buckley, royal equerry
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Robert Clatworthy, sculptor
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Eric Ash, rector (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Chuck Willis, rock vocalist (C C Rider)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Rudolf M”ssbauer, Germany, physicist (Nobel 1961)
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| 1929 |
Event |
Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey
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| 1929 |
Event |
Erich Maria Remarques publishes "Im West nieces Neues" in Berlin
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| 1930 |
Event |
1st US glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Lynn Carlin, LA Calif, actress (Joan Hunter-James at 15)
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