January 31st, 1891

Born on January 31st, 1891

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What happened on January 31st, 1891?

January 31st, 1891

History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Portugal_(1834–1910)

What else happened on January 31st?

January 31st, 2013

A gas leak underneath the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City caused an explosion that killed at least 37 people and injured another 121.

January 31st, 2010

James Cameron's Avatar became the first film to earn over US$2 billion worldwide.

January 31st, 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.

January 31st, 1988

Doug Williams (pictured) became the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl, leading the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.

January 31st, 1961

Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, Ham the Chimp became the first hominid launched into outer space.

January 31st, 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.

January 31st, 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.

January 31st, 1862

American astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint white dwarf companion of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

January 31st, 1747

The London Lock Hospital, the first voluntary hospital specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, opened.

January 31st, 1578

Eighty Years' War: Spain 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.

January 31st, 0314

Sylvester I (bust depicted), during whose pontificate many churches in Rome were constructed by Constantine the Great, began his reign as pope.

January 31st, 2007

Emergency officials in Boston mistakenly identified LED placards depicting characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as IEDs, causing a panic.

January 31st, 1997

Final Fantasy VII, the first video game in the Final Fantasy franchise to use 3-D computer graphics, was released.

January 31st, 1919

Intense rioting over labour conditions broke out in Glasgow, Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 31st

Born on January 31st, 1891

80

Max Drischner

German composer (1891-1971)

*January 31st, 1891, Przeworno †April 25th, 1971, Goslar

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Who's birthday is on January 31st?

49

Marianne Grunthal

German teacher

*January 31st, 1896, Zehdenick †May 2nd, 1945, Schwerin

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

32

Linnéa Claeson

Swedish handball player

*January 31st, 1992, Norrköping

39

Oxxxymiron

Russian rapper

*January 31st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

42

Ekaterina Ananina

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1982, Perm

77

Oskar von Hindenburg

German politician and general (1883–1960)

*January 31st, 1883, Königsberg †February 12th, 1960, Bad Harzburg

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

*January 31st, 1921, Seattle †January 15th, 2019, Rancho Mirage

72

Eddie Cantor

American comedian and actor (1892–1964)

*January 31st, 1892, Manhattan †October 10th, 1964, Beverly Hills

76

Irving Langmuir

American chemist and physicist

*January 31st, 1881, Brooklyn †August 16th, 1957, Woods Hole

31

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer (1797–1828)

*January 31st, 1797, Himmelpfortgrund †November 19th, 1828, Vienna

78

Meena Shah

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

43

Justin Timberlake

American singer and actor (born 1981)

*January 31st, 1981, Memphis

50

Billy MacLellan

Canadian actor

*January 31st, 1974, Cape Breton Island

79

Theodor Heuss

German politician (1884-1963)

*January 31st, 1884, Brackenheim †December 12th, 1963, Stuttgart

83

Gustav Sichelschmidt

German historian and writer of the extreme right

*January 31st, 1913, Remscheid †December 9th, 1996, Bad Iburg

66

Tallulah Bankhead

American actress (1902–1968)

*January 31st, 1902, Huntsville †December 12th, 1968, New York City

73

Spartaco Landini

Italian footballer (1944-2017)

*January 31st, 1944, Terranuova Bracciolini †April 16th, 2017, Genoa

65

Anthony LaPaglia

Australian actor

*January 31st, 1959, Adelaide

57

James Franciscus

American actor (1934-1991)

*January 31st, 1934, Clayton †July 8th, 1991, North Hollywood

53

Jackie Robinson

American baseball player

*January 31st, 1919, Cairo †October 24th, 1972, Stamford

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Born in 1891

68

Hans Albers

German actor (1891-1960)

*September 22nd, 1891, Hamburg †July 24th, 1960, Berg

54

Anton Dostler

German general

*May 10th, 1891, Munich †December 1st, 1945, Aversa

65

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)

*April 14th, 1891, Bhim Janmabhoomi †December 6th, 1956, Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial

69

Zora Neale Hurston

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960)

*January 7th, 1891, Notasulga †January 28th, 1960, Fort Pierce

54

Walter Model

German field marshal

*January 24th, 1891, Genthin †April 21st, 1945, Ratingen

82

James Chadwick

English physicist who discovered the neutron in 1932

*October 20th, 1891, Bollington †July 24th, 1974, Cambridge

52

Erwin Rommel

German field marshal of World War II

*November 15th, 1891, Heidenheim an der Brenz †October 14th, 1944, Herrlingen

76

Paul Whiteman

American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967)

*March 28th, 1891, Denver †December 29th, 1967, Doylestown

78

Nelly Sachs

Jewish German poet and playwright

*December 10th, 1891, Schöneberg †May 12th, 1970, Stockholm

53

Erich Marcks

German general

*June 6th, 1891, Schöneberg †June 12th, 1944, Saint-Lô

81

James Bell

American actor (1891-1973)

*December 1st, 1891, Suffolk †October 26th, 1973, Kents Store

82

Frank Mills

American actor (1891-1973)

*January 26th, 1891, Kalamazoo †August 18th, 1973, Los Angeles

88

Henry Miller

American novelist (1891–1980)

*December 26th, 1891, Yorkville †June 7th, 1980, Pacific Palisades

61

Fritz Schellong

German internist and university professor (1891-1953)

*September 10th, 1891, Königsberg †January 18th, 1953, Münster

65

Kurt von Tippelskirch

German World War II general

*October 9th, 1891, Charlottenburg †May 10th, 1957, Lüneburg

76

Adolf Wurmbach

German author

*July 15th, 1891, Littfeld †January 17th, 1968, Kredenbach

56

Gitz Rice

Canadian pianist and composer (1891-1947)

*March 5th, 1891, New Glasgow †October 16th, 1947, New York City

95

John Howard Northrop

American biochemist (1891-1987)

*July 5th, 1891, Yonkers †May 27th, 1987, Wickenburg

48

Mikhail Bulgakov

Russian author

*May 3rd, 1891, Kyiv †March 10th, 1940, Moscow

53

Walther Arndt

German zoologist (1891–1944) executed by the Nazis

*January 8th, 1891, Kamienna Góra †June 26th, 1944, Brandenburg an der Havel

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1891 is a normal year and no leap year.

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