Tukuk-OS📅 January 31
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 31? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — A gas leak underneath the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City caused an explosion (aftermath pictured) that killed at least 37 people and injured another 121.
Torre Ejecutiva PemexMexico CityTorre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion
- 2007 — Emergency officials in Boston mistakenly identified LED placards depicting characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as IEDs, causing a panic.
Aqua Teen Hunger ForceImprovised explosive device2007 Boston Mooninite panic
- 2000 — Alaska Airlines Flight 261, experiencing problems with its horizontal stabilizer system, crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Anacapa Island, California, killing all 88 people on board.
- 1997 — Final Fantasy VII, the first video game in the Final Fantasy franchise to use 3-D computer graphics, was released.
- 1988 — Doug Williams became the first African-American quarterback to play in the Super Bowl, leading the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.
- 1961 — Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, the chimpanzee Ham became the first hominid to be launched into outer space.
- 1957 — A DC-7B operated by Douglas Aircraft collided in mid-air with a U.S. Air Force F-89 and crashed into a schoolyard in Pacoima, California.
Douglas DC-7Douglas Aircraft Company1957 Pacoima mid-air collision
- 1919 — Intense rioting over labour conditions broke out in Glasgow, Scotlan.
- 1900 — Datu Muhammad Salleh, leader of a series of major disturbances in North Borneo, was shot dead in Tambunan, but his followers did not give up for five more years.
- 1850 — Ute Wars: On behalf of Utah territorial governor Brigham Young, militia leader Daniel H. Wells drafted an order for the Utah Territorial Militia to exterminate Timpanogos men deemed hostile, leading to the Provo River Massacre.
- 1827 — Mexican soldiers and Texan militiamen marched into Nacogdoches, Texas, to end the Fredonian Rebellion.
- 1747 — The London Lock Hospital, the first voluntary hospital specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, opened.
London Lock HospitalVoluntary hospitalSexually transmitted infection
- 1578 — Eighty Years' War: Spanish forces won a crushing victory at the Battle of Gembloux, threatening the States General of the Netherlands and contributing to its move from Brussels to Antwerp.
Eighty Years' WarBattle of Gembloux (1578)States General of the Netherlands
- 1208 — Sverker II was defeated at the Battle of Lena by Erik Knutsson, who succeeded him as King of Sweden.
- 314 — Sylvester I (bust depicted), during whose pontificate many churches in Rome were constructed by Constantine the Great, began his reign as pope.
Births
- 2006 — Sára Bejlek, Czech tennis player
- 2006 — Gianluca Prestianni, Argentine footballer
- 2002 — Hong Ye-ji, South Korean actress
- 2002 — Beñat Turrientes, Spanish footballer
- 2000 — Julián Alvarez, Argentine footballer
- 1998 — Beto, Portuguese and Bissau-Guinean footballer
- 1998 — Jalen McDaniels, American basketball player
- 1997 — Arnaut Danjuma, Dutch footballer
- 1997 — Donte DiVincenzo, American basketball player
- 1997 — Miyeon, South Korean singer and actress
- 1996 — Joel Courtney, American actor
- 1996 — Nikita Dragun, American YouTuber
Deaths
- 2018 — Rasual Butler, American professional basketball player (born 1979)
- 2018 — Leah LaBelle, American singer (born 1986)
- 2017 — Rob Stewart, Canadian filmmaker (born 1979)
- 2016 — Terry Wogan, Irish radio and television host (born 1938)
- 2015 — Vic Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)
- 2015 — Udo Lattek, German footballer, coach and journalist (born 1935)
- 2015 — Lizabeth Scott, American actress (born 1922)
- 2015 — Richard von Weizsäcker, German captain and politician, 6th President of Germany (born 1920)
- 2014 — Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (born 1922)
- 2014 — Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somali politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (born 1924)
- 2014 — Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (born 1921)
- 2013 — Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (born 1923)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Domitius (Domice) of Amiens
- Christian feast day: Francis Xavier Bianchi
- Christian feast day: Geminianus
- Christian feast day: John Bosco
- Christian feast day: Julius of Novara
- Christian feast day: Blessed Ludovica
- Christian feast day: Máedóc (Mogue, Aiden)
- Christian feast day: Marcella of Marseille
- Christian feast day: Marcella of Rome
- Christian feast day: Samuel Shoemaker (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Tysul
- Christian feast day: Ulphia
- Christian feast day: Wilgils
- Christian feast day: January 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Amartithi (Meherabad, India, followers of Meher Baba)
- Independence Day (Nauru), celebrates independence from Australia in 1968.
- Street Children's Day (Austria)
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