January 31st in History

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January 31st in History

1865: Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America
1929: Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia
1946: Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic
1950: President Truman reveals that he ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to develop hydrogen bomb
1958: America launches its first satellite, Explorer I, from Cape Canaverel
1968: The Island of Mauritius gains independence
1994: German based BMW buys Rover cars from British Aerospace for 800 million

January 31st birthdays

1797: Franz Schubert, Austrian composer
1882: Anna Pavlova, Celebrated Russian prima ballerina
1921: Mario Lanza, American Tenor and film actor, who died suddenly aged 38
1938: Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands