1971 - American astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blast off to the moon aboard Apollo 14. Shepard demonstrated his golf skills on the moon.
1950 - U.S. President Harry Truman announces that development has started on the hydrogen bomb, a weapon hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb.
1936 - "Green Hornet" radio show is first heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit
1915 - World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russians. Liquid bromide gas was first launched in a large scale war at the Battle of Bolimov.
1605 - Guy Fawkes, member of the Gunpowder Plot, executed in Britain.
This Day In Business
1990 - The world's biggest Mcdonald's opens in Moscow - it also happens to be the first ever McDonald's to open up in Russia.
1949 - The first daytime soap opera, "These Are My Children," is broadcast by NBC.
1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
1988 - Doug Williams is first African-American quarterback to play in Super Bowl and wins MVP.
January 31st Holiday
Independence Day (Nauru) - Celebrates Nauru gaining independence from Australia in 1968.
Today's Birthday Trivia
He had a role in the TV show Avatar: The Last Airbender. Who is he?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
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