January 31

Today's Events

  • 1849
    Corn Laws abolished in Britain
  • 1851
    SF Orphan's Asylum 1st in Calif founded
  • 1862
    Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius
  • 1871
    Birds fly over SF in such large numbers they actually darken sky
  • 1911
    Congress names SF as Panama Canal opening celebration site
  • 1945
    Eddie Slovik 1st American executed for desertion since Civil War
  • 1950
    Pres Truman authorized production of H-Bomb
  • 1958
    US launches 1st artificial satellite Explorer 1
  • 1958
    James van Allen discovers radiation belt
  • 1958
    1st US satellite launched Explorer I from Cape Canaveral
  • 1961
    Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2
  • 1966
    Luna 9 launched for moon
  • 1968
    Nauru gains independence from Australia
  • 1968
    Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb 32") at Agata USSR
  • 1971
    Apollo 14 launched 1st landing in lunar highlands
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