Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
January 31
| 1606 | Guy Fawkes is hanged, drawn and quartered for his part in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up Parliament. | |
| 1620 | Virginia colony leaders write to the Virginia Company in England, asking for more orphaned apprentices for employment. | |
| 1788 | The Young Pretender, Charles Edward Stuart dies. | |
| 1835 | A man with two pistols misfires at President Andrew Jackson at the White House. | |
| 1865 | House of Representatives approves a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. | |
| 1911 | The German Reichstag exempts royal families from tax obligations. | |
| 1915 | Germans use poison gas on the Russians at Bolimov. | |
| 1915 | German U-boats sink two British steamers in the English Channel. | |
| 1916 | President Woodrow Wilson refuses the compromise on Lusitania reparations. | |
| 1917 | Germany resumes unlimited sub warfare, warning that all neutral ships that are in the war zone will be attacked. | |
| 1935 | The Soviet premier tells Japan to get out of Manchuria. | |
| 1943 | The Battle of Stalingrad ends as small groups of German soldiers of the Sixth Army surrender to the victorious Red Army forces. | |
| 1944 | U.S. troops under Vice Adm. Spruance land on Kwajalien atoll in the Marshall Islands. | |
| 1950 | Paris protests the Soviet recognition of Ho Chi Minh's Democratic Republic of Vietnam. | |
| 1966 | U.S. planes resume bombing of North Vietnam after a 37-day pause. | |
| 1968 | In Vietnam, the Tet Offensive begins as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers attack strategic and civilian locations throughout South Vietnam. | |
| 1976 | Ernesto Miranda, famous from the Supreme Court ruling on Miranda vs. Arizona is stabbed to death. | |
| 1981 | Lech Walesa announces an accord in Poland, giving Saturdays off to laborers. | |
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Born on January 31 |
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| 1734 | Robert Morris, signatory of the Declaration of Independence. | |
| 1797 | Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (C Major Symphony, The Unfinished Symphony). | |
| 1919 | Jackie Robinson, first African-American baseball player in the modern major leagues. | |
| 1925 | Benjamin Hooks, civil rights leader. | |
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