31ST
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS CYRUS & JOHN OF
ALEXANDRIA; ST FRANCIS XAVIER BIANCHI; ST ADAMNAN OF COLDINGHAM; ST AIDAN OR MAEDOC OF
FERNS; ST EUSEBIUS OF ST GALL; ST MARCELLA OF ROME; ST JOHN BOSCO; & ST ULPHIA." |
| 31ST |
314 |
"ST SILVESTER I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 31ST |
1606 |
ENGLISH TRAITOR, "GUY FAWKES"
WHO PLANNED TO BLOW UP PARLIAMENT WAS EXECUTED. |
| 31ST |
1747 |
FIRST VENEREAL DISEASES CLINIC OPENED IN LONDON. |
| 31ST |
1842 |
U.S. PRESIDENT, "JOHN
TYLER’S" DAUGHTER, "ELIZABETH" MARRIES IN THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 31ST |
1851 |
"GAIL BORDEN" ANNOUNCES INVENTION OF EVAPOURATED
MILK. |
| 31ST |
1853 |
THE GOLD NUGGET "CANADIAN"
WEIGHING 45.9 kg AND A GOLD CONTENT OF 37.4 kg IS FOUND AT CANADIAN GULLY, BALLARAT,
VICTORIA. |
| 31ST |
1858 |
‘GREAT EASTERN,’ THE FIVE FUNNELLED
STEAMSHIP DESIGNED BY BRUNEL, WAS LAUNCHED AT MILLWALL. |
| 31ST |
1874 |
"JESSE JAMES" GANG ROBS A
TRAIN AT GADS HILL, MONTANA. |
| 31ST |
1876 |
ALL NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS WERE ORDERED TO MOVE INTO
RESERVATIONS. |
| 31ST |
1905 |
"A.G. McDONALD" IS THE FIRST
TO EXCEED 100mph IN A CAR, AT DAYTONA BEACH. |
| 31ST |
1928 |
SCOTCH TAPE IS FIRST MARKETED BY 3-M COMPANY. |
| 31ST |
1931 |
"GOLDEN EAGLE", THE GOLD
NUGGET WEIGHING 1135 ounces IS FOUND ABOUT 40 miles SOUTH OF COOLGARDIE, WESTERN
AUSTRALIA. |
| 31ST |
1953 |
OPEN CARGO DOORS ALLOW WATER TO FLOOF IN CAUSING 128 LIVES TO
BE LOST WHEN A FERRY SINKS NEAR STRANRAER, IN THE IRISH SEA. |
| 31ST |
1957 |
THE 2ND DIVORCE FOR "LIZ
TAYLOR" WHEN SHE DIVORCES "MICHAEL WILDING." |
| 31ST |
1958 |
‘EXPLORER I’ THE FIRST EARTH SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED
FROM CAPE CANAVERAL. |
| 31ST |
1960 |
SONGWRITER, "ADOLPH GREEN"
MARRIES ACTRESS/SINGER, "PHYLLIS NEWMAN" IN NEW YORK. |
| 31ST |
1961 |
PREMIERE OF "MARILYN MONROE" FILM ‘THE
MISFITS.’ |
| 31ST |
1963 |
"TONY SHERIDAN & THE BEAT
BROTHERS" ( "BEATLES" ) RECORD "WHAT’D I SAY" &
"RUBY BABY." |
| 31ST |
1967 |
TWO U.S. AIRMEN DIE IN A SPACECRAFT SIMULATOR FIRE, SIMILAR
TO THAT WHICH KILLED THREE ASTRONAUTS ON 28th JANUARY. |
| 31ST |
1970 |
"GRATEFUL DEAD" MEMBERS ARE
BUSTED ON LSD CHARGES. |
| 31ST |
1972 |
"ARETHA FRANKLIN" SINGS AT "MAHALIA
JACKSON’S" FUNERAL. |
| 31ST |
1983 |
THE WEARING OF SEATBELTS IN CARS BECAME
COMPULSORY IN BRITAIN. |
| 31ST |
1992 |
1 & 2 CENT COINS ARE TAKEN FROM CIRCULATION IN AUSTRALIA. |
| 31ST |
1996 |
A SUICIDE SQUAD DETONATED A TRUCK BOMB
NEXT TO AN 11 STORY BANK BUILDING IN THE HEART OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA; KILLING AT LEAST 80
PEOPLE & INJURING MORE THAN 1,000. |
| 31ST |
2000 |
CHANNEL TEN BEGINS IT’S ADELAIDE, MADE IN MELBOURNE,
NIGHTLY NEWS BROADCAST WITH NEWSREADERS, "GEORGE DONIKIAN" & "NIKKI
DWYER." |
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