January 31

January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are still 334 days (335 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1994 - The opera of Barcelona is destroyed by fire.
 * 1995 - A quarter of a million Dutch people have to leave their home because of the Meuse, the Waal and the IJssel their banks act threatening.
 * 2001 - One of the Libyan suspects in the attack in 1988 on a Boeing over Lockerbie is found guilty of murder, the other is acquitted .
 * 2013 - In an explosion in the skyscraper Torre Ejecutiva Pemex, the headquarters of the Mexican state oil company Pemex , are 36 dead and over 120 injured.


 * Art and architecture
 * 1977 - President Giscard d'Estaing opened the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris .


 * Economy
 * 1990 - The first McDonald's in Russia opens in Moscow .


 * Media
 * 1974 - The Dutch cable broadcasting (radio broadcasting) is lifted.
 * 1995 - Two Channel starts broadcasting in Belgium.


 * War
 * 1915 - Germany set during the First World War for the first poison gas in, in Poland against the Russians.


 * Politics
 * 1876 ​​- The Government of the United States is forcing all Indians live in reservations.
 * 1929 - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Union .
 * 1968 - The Oceanic island of Nauru becomes independent of Australia ( Oceania ).


 * Religion
 * 1560 - Pope Pius IV creates three new cardinals, including his cousin, the 1610 holy stated Charles Borromeo .
 * 1985 - Appointment of Johannes ter Schure Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch .


 * Science and Technology
 * 1854 - The Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI) was founded. Christophorus Buys Ballot is the first chief executive.
 * 1958 - The Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite launch.
 * 1961 - The United States launched its first astronaut : the chimpanzee Ham. This leads to American test pilots quickly to the pun "Ham in a Can."
 * 1966 - Launch of Luna 9, the first lunar module .

Born [ edit ]
Franz Schubert born January 31, 1797

Franz Schubert born January 31, 1921

Philip Glass born January 31, 1937

Princess Beatrix born January 31, 1938

Jurica Vranješ , born January 31, 1980

Justin Timberlake , born January 31, 1981
 * 36 BC. - Antonia the Younger, Empress and mother of Claudius
 * 1512 - Henry of Portugal, Cardinal and King of Portugal (deceased in 1580 )
 * 1543 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun leader (deceased in 1616 )
 * 1673 - Louis de Montfort, French Catholic priest, founder and sacred order (deceased in 1716 )
 * 1759 - François Devienne, French composer and flautist (deceased in 1803 )
 * 1795 - Gabriele Ferretti, Italian Cardinal Secretary of State (deceased in 1860 )
 * 1797 - Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (deceased in 1828 )
 * 1802 - Jan van Speyk, Dutch gunboat commander (deceased in 1831 )
 * 1813 - Samuel Sarphati, Dutch physician (deceased in 1866 )
 * 1813 - Agostino Depretis, Italian politician (deceased in 1887 )
 * 1835 - Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer, diplomat and politician (deceased in 1902 )
 * 1863 - Richard Constant Boer, Dutch (Old) Germanist, specializing in Old Norse (deceased in 1929 )
 * 1865 - Henri Desgrange, French sports organizer (deceased in 1940 )
 * 1869 - Henri Carton de Wiart, Belgian politician (deceased in 1951 )
 * 1873 - Melitta Bentz, German inventor of the coffee (deceased in 1950 )
 * 1875 - Charles van Wijk, Dutch sculptor (deceased in 1917 )
 * 1876 ​​- Pedro Abad Santos, Filipino labor leader and deputy (deceased in 1945 )
 * 1879 - Theodore Francis Goedvriend, Dutch painter (deceased in 1969 )
 * 1881 - Irving Langmuir, American physicist and chemist, Nobel laureate (deceased in 1957 )
 * 1881 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (deceased in 1931 )
 * 1883 - Oskar von Hindenburg, German General (deceased in 1960 )
 * 1884 - Theodor Heuss, German politician (first president of the Federal Republic of Germany ) (deceased in 1963 )
 * 1884 - Gerrit van Poelje, Dutch official and public administration (deceased in 1976 )
 * 1901 - Marie Luise Kaschnitz, German writer (deceased in 1974 )
 * 1902 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (deceased in 1968 )
 * 1902 - Alva Myrdal, Swedish diplomat, politician and writer (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1902 - Willy Spühler, Swiss politician (deceased in 1990 )
 * 1903 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (deceased 1968 )
 * 1904 - Leon Jungschläger, Dutch sailor and soldier (deceased in 1956 )
 * 1905 - Anna Blaman, Dutch prozaïste (deceased in 1960 )
 * 1907 - Maurice Seynaeve, Belgian rider field (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1908 - William Cantrell, American race car driver (deceased in 1996 )
 * 1912 - Bauke Roolvink, Dutch politician (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1914 - André Ramseyer, Swiss sculptor (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1920 - Pedro Bantigue, Filipino Roman Catholic spiritual (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1920 - Bert Williams, English footballer (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1921 - Mario Lanza, American tenor (deceased in 1959 )
 * 1922 - Alfred Kossmann, Dutch writer (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1922 - Ernst Kossmann, Dutch historian (deceased in 2003 )
 * 1923 - Carol Channing, American singer and actress
 * 1923 - Norman Mailer, American writer and journalist (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1926 - Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, German Cardinal-Archbishop of Paderborn (deceased in 2002 )
 * 1927 - Werner Leich, German Evangelical Bishop
 * 1928 - Dušan Džamonja, Yugoslavian sculptor (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1929 - Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist and Nobel laureate (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1929 - Jean Simmons, English-American actress (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1930 - Joakim Bonnier, Swedish racing driver (deceased in 1972 )
 * 1930 - Joop Dikmans, Dutch clown and actor ( B2 )
 * 1931 - Hansjörg Felmy, German actor (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1931 - Leen Vleggeert, Dutch politician (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1932 - Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1933 - Joseph D. Early, American politician (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1933 - Bernardo Provenzano, Italian mafia boss
 * 1933 - Ruedi Rymann, Swiss folk singer and yodeller (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1934 - Ernesto Brambilla, Italian racing driver
 * 1935 - Lev Medvedev, Russian entomologist
 * 1937 - Philip Glass, American composer
 * 1937 - Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1938 - Princess Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (1980-2013), Princess of the Netherlands
 * 1938 - Lous Haasdijk, Dutch news (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1941 - Dick Gephardt, American politician
 * 1943 - Peter McRobbie, Scottish American actor
 * 1944 - Ivo Opstelten, Dutch politician and administrator
 * 1948 - Per Bjørang, Norwegian skater
 * 1948 - Volkmar Groß, German football goalkeeper (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1949 - Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and sports journalist
 * 1949 - Juan Francisco Escobar, Paraguayan football referee
 * 1950 - Robert Grubb, Australian actor
 * 1950 - Wilfried Wesemael, Belgian cyclist
 * 1951 - Dave Benton, Aruban-Estonian singer
 * 1951 - Harry Wayne Casey, American musician
 * 1951 - Phil Manzanera, British guitarist
 * 1952 - Ulrike Apel-Haefs, German politician (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1954 - Mauro Baldi, Italian racing driver
 * 1954 - Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch guitarist
 * 1956 - Jo Lemaire, Belgian singer
 * 1956 - Johnny Rotten, British singer
 * 1956 - Stefan Majewski, Polish footballer and football coach
 * 1957 - Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer
 * 1957 - Gonny of Oudenallen, Dutch producer, presenter, entrepreneur and politician
 * 1959 - Yvonne Valkenburg, Dutch actress
 * 1961 - Fatou Bensouda, Gambian lawyer
 * 1961 - Peter Paul Pigmans, Dutch hardcore producer and live DJ (deceased in 2003 )
 * 1962 - Stephen Keshi, Nigerian footballer and football coach
 * 1963 - Brian Keith Adams, American wrestler (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1964 - Jeff Hanneman, American (metal) guitarist ( Slayer ) (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1964 - Sandra Masmeijer, Dutch television presenter
 * 1965 - René Trost, Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 1966 - Rolf Järmann, Swiss cyclist
 * 1966 - JJ Lehto, Finnish racing driver
 * 1966 - Muller, Brazilian footballer
 * 1967 - Chad Channing, American drummer
 * 1967 - Fat Mike, American singer and bass guitarist
 * 1967 - Joey Wong, Taiwanese singer and actress
 * 1968 - John Collins, Scottish footballer and football coach
 * 1968 - Patrick Stevens, Belgian athlete
 * 1968 - Saidali Yuldashev, Uzbek chess
 * 1970 - Minnie Driver, English actress
 * 1970 - Margriet van der Linden, Dutch journalist, presenter and feminist
 * 1971 - Sylvana Simons, Dutch television presenter
 * 1972 - Reinier Robbemond, Dutch footballer
 * 1973 - Portia de Rossi, Australian actress
 * 1975 - Roy Fyllingen, Norwegian chess
 * 1975 - Koert Walraven, Dutch radio producer
 * 1976 - Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer
 * 1977 - Evrim Akyigit, Dutch-Turkish actress
 * 1977 - Elvan Akyildiz, Dutch-Turkish actress, presenter and comedian
 * 1977 - Torri Edwards, American athlete
 * 1977 - Sergei Pareiko, Estonian footballer
 * 1977 - Kerry Washington, American actress
 * 1978 - Andreas Oggenfuss, Swiss athlete
 * 1979 - Felix Sturm, Bosnian-German boxer
 * 1979 - Daniel Tammet, English autistic, savant and author
 * 1979 - Jenny Wolf, German skater
 * 1980 - April Lee Hernández, American actress
 * 1980 - K-Maro, Lebanese Canadian singer
 * 1980 - Koen Raymaekers, Dutch athlete
 * 1980 - Jurica Vranješ, Croatian footballer
 * 1981 - André Hanssen, Norwegian footballer
 * 1981 - Marnix Kolder, Dutch footballer
 * 1981 - Danilo Napolitano, Italian cyclist
 * 1981 - Justin Timberlake, American singer
 * 1982 - Elena Paparizou, Swedish-Greek singer
 * 1983 - Aaron Cleare, Bahamian athlete
 * 1983 - Fabio Quagliarella, Italian footballer
 * 1983 - Tom Vangeneugden, Belgian swimmer
 * 1984 - Jonathan Lardot, Belgian football referee
 * 1984 - Alessandro Rosina, Italian footballer
 * 1984 - Mohammed Tchité, Belgian-Congolese footballer
 * 1984 - Jeremy Wariner, American athlete
 * 1985 - Grégory Baugé, French track cyclist
 * 1985 - Kalomira, Greek American singer
 * 1986 - Bregje Crolla, Dutch athlete
 * 1986 - Walter Dix, American athlete
 * 1986 - Yves Ma-Kalambay, Belgian footballer
 * 1988 - Gregory Nelson, Dutch footballer
 * 1988 - Chiró N'Toko, Congolese-Belgian footballer
 * 1988 - Gert Trasha, Albanian weightlifter
 * 1989 - Pauline van Nies, Dutch chess star
 * 1992 - Dico Koppers, Dutch footballer
 * 1994 - Silke Lippok, German swimmer
 * 1995 - Nina Sublatti, Georgian singer
 * 1998 - Chris Willock, English footballer

Deceased [ edit ]
Henry of Portugal deceased January 31, 1580
 * 1561 - Menno Simons (± 64), a Catholic priest and senior church reformer
 * 1580 - Henry of Portugal (68), Cardinal and King of Portugal
 * 1606 - Guy Fawkes (35), English terrorist
 * 1788 - Charles Edward Stuart (67), British pretender
 * 1888 - Giovanni Bosco (72), Italian priest and saint, founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco
 * 1914 - Casimiro Gennari (74), Italian curial cardinal
 * 1918 - Léon Houa (50), Belgian cyclist
 * 1924 - Curt von Bardeleben (62), German chess
 * 1929 - Franklin Sumner Earle (42), U.S. mycologist
 * 1933 - John Galsworthy (65), British writer
 * 1943 - Roque Ablan (36), Filipino governor and guerrilla leader
 * 1954 - Vivian Woodward (74), English footballer
 * 1956 - AA Milne (74), English writer
 * 1960 - Harry Blanchard (30), American race car driver
 * 1972 - Mahendra (51), King of Nepal
 * 1974 - Glenn Morris (61), American athlete
 * 1975 - Roelof Dijksma (79), Dutch tjasker- and millwright
 * 1981 - Max seems sr. (69), Surinamese musician
 * 1988 - Corry Vonk (86), Dutch actress
 * 1993 - Frithjof Ulleberg (81), Norwegian footballer
 * 2001 - Braem (90), Flemish Belgian architect
 * 2001 - Gordon R. Dickson (77), Canadian writer
 * 2002 - Karel Voous (81), Dutch biologist and professor
 * 2003 - Werenfried van Straaten (90), Dutch norbertijn
 * 2005 - Nel Benschop (87), Dutch poet
 * 2006 - Don Burgers (73), Dutch politician
 * 2007 - Lee Bergere (82), American actor
 * 2007 - Kirka (56), Finnish singer
 * 2007 - Milan Opočenský (75), Czech Protestant theologian
 * 2007 - Adelaide Tambo (77), South African anti-apartheid activist and politician
 * 2009 - CK Nagesh (75), Indian Kollywoodacteur
 * 2009 - Anna Stella Schic (83), Brazilian pianist
 * 2009 - Pieter Van Den Bosch (81), Belgian footballer
 * 2010 - Pierre Vaneck (78), French / Belgian actor
 * 2011 - Günter Ludolf (56), German television personality (Die Ludolfs)
 * 2012 - Anthony Bevilacqua (88), American Cardinal
 * 2012 - Leslie Carter (25), American singer
 * 2012 - Erik De Clercq (68) Belgian mayor
 * 2012 - Mike Kelley (57), American artist and musician
 * 2012 - Fred Röhrig (84), Dutch footballer
 * 2014 - Hans-Hubertus Bühmann (92), German forester and Lower Saxon state politician
 * 2014 - Francis M. Fesmire (54), American physician
 * 2014 - Miklós Jancsó (92), Hungarian film director
 * 2015 - Kenji Goto (47), Japanese writer and journalist
 * 2015 - Lizabeth Scott (92), American actress
 * 2015 - Richard von Weizsäcker (94), German politician, Federal President of Germany (1984-1994)

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * Nauru - National holiday (independence in 1968)
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint John Bosco († 1888 ) - Remembrance
 * Holy Ludovika (Albertoni) († 1533 )
 * Saint Marcella (Rome) († 410 )
 * Holy Veronus Lembeek († 863 )
 * Saint Francis Xavier Bianchi († 1815 )
 * Holy Ulfia Amiens († c. 750 )
 * St. Aiden of Ferns († 632 )
 * Blessed Emma († 876 )
 * Blessed Maria Cristina of Savoy († 1836 )
 * Blessed Eusebius of St. Gallen († 884 )
 * Imbolc

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1956 - Lowest mean daily temperature -9 ° C
 * 1990 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.9 ° C
 * 1956 - Lowest minimum temperature -13.2 ° C
 * 1943 - Highest maximum temperature 12.2 ° C
 * 1953 - Highest hourly average wind speed 22.6 m / s
 * 1911 - Longest sunshine duration 8.2 hours
 * 1953 - Longest rainfall duration 13.5 hours
 * 1980 - Top etmaalsom precipitation 23.9mm
 * 1956 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 61%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2] Extraordinary events [3]
 * 1954 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -9.6 ° C
 * 1975 and 1966 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.6 ° C
 * 1954 - Lowest minimum temperature -12.6 ° C
 * 1869 - Highest maximum temperature 13.3 ° C
 * 1983 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 24.4 mm
 * 1969 - During January there is, as in 1932, no snow in Uccle.
 * 1995 - Wettest January decade of the century: 89.2 mm rainfall in ten days.