January 31st in History
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
