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Gravdigr · 01-31-2017, 03:20 PM

January 31

314 – Pope Sylvester I succeeds Pope Miltiades. It is not known how Pope Tweety Bird fits into the chronology. You'd have to ask Pope Granny.

1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James.

1747 – The first VD clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. And there was much rejoicing.

1801 – John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the United States.

1846 – After the Milwaukee Bridge War(<--Interesting read.), Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify as the City of Milwaukee.

1848 – John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.

1849 – Corn Laws are abolished in the United Kingdom pursuant to legislation in 1846.

1865 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.

1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.

1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.

1917 – World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.

1918 – A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.

1929 – The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.

1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.

1944 – World War II: During the Anzio campaign the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at the Battle of Cisterna, Italy.

1945 – US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.

1950 – United States President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.

1958 – The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.

2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

2007 – Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.

2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo.

2010 – Avatar becomes the first film to gross over $2 billion worldwide.

2011 – A winter storm hits North America for the second time in the same month, causing $1.8 billion in damage across the United States and Canada and killing 24 people.

Births

1673 – Louis de Montfort; 1797 – Franz Schubert

; 1872 – Zane Grey; 1892 – Eddie Cantor; 1902 – Tallulah Bankhead; 1914 – Jersey Joe Walcott; 1915 – Alan Lomax; 1919 – Jackie Robinson; 1920 – Stewart Udall; 1921 – Carol Channing; 1921 – Mario Lanza; 1922 – Joanne Dru; 1923 – Norman Mailer; 1929 – Jean Simmons; 1931 – Ernie Banks; 1934 – James Franciscus; 1937 – Suzanne Pleshette; 1938 – Beatrix of the Netherlands; 1941 – Dick Gephardt; 1944 – Charlie Musselwhite; 1947 – Nolan Ryan; 1951 – Harry Wayne Casey; 1956 – John Lydon; 1959 – Anthony LaPaglia; 1959 – Kelly Lynch; 1970 – Minnie Driver; 1973 – Portia de Rossi; 1977 – Kerry Washington; 1981 – Justin Timberlake

Deaths

1606 – Guy Fawkes; 1956 – A. A. Milne; 1974 – Samuel Goldwyn; 2016 – Terry Wogan

01-31-2017, 03:20 PM	#533
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	January 31 314 – Pope Sylvester I succeeds Pope Miltiades. It is not known how Pope Tweety Bird fits into the chronology. You'd have to ask Pope Granny. 1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James. 1747 – The first VD clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. And there was much rejoicing. 1801 – John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the United States. 1846 – After the Milwaukee Bridge War(<--Interesting read.), Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify as the City of Milwaukee. 1848 – John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders. 1849 – Corn Laws are abolished in the United Kingdom pursuant to legislation in 1846. 1865 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification. 1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia. 1917 – World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus. 1918 – A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships. 1929 – The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky. 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape. 1944 – World War II: During the Anzio campaign the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at the Battle of Cisterna, Italy. 1945 – US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War. 1950 – United States President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb. 1958 – The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt. 2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. 2007 – Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq. 2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo. 2010 – Avatar becomes the first film to gross over $2 billion worldwide. 2011 – A winter storm hits North America for the second time in the same month, causing $1.8 billion in damage across the United States and Canada and killing 24 people. Births 1673 – Louis de Montfort; 1797 – Franz Schubert; 1872 – Zane Grey; 1892 – Eddie Cantor; 1902 – Tallulah Bankhead; 1914 – Jersey Joe Walcott; 1915 – Alan Lomax; 1919 – Jackie Robinson; 1920 – Stewart Udall; 1921 – Carol Channing; 1921 – Mario Lanza; 1922 – Joanne Dru; 1923 – Norman Mailer; 1929 – Jean Simmons; 1931 – Ernie Banks; 1934 – James Franciscus; 1937 – Suzanne Pleshette; 1938 – Beatrix of the Netherlands; 1941 – Dick Gephardt; 1944 – Charlie Musselwhite; 1947 – Nolan Ryan; 1951 – Harry Wayne Casey; 1956 – John Lydon; 1959 – Anthony LaPaglia; 1959 – Kelly Lynch; 1970 – Minnie Driver; 1973 – Portia de Rossi; 1977 – Kerry Washington; 1981 – Justin Timberlake Deaths 1606 – Guy Fawkes; 1956 – A. A. Milne; 1974 – Samuel Goldwyn; 2016 – Terry Wogan __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.