This Day In History — U.S. Launches first Earth Satellite

January 31

1606
Guy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was executed.

1865
Robert E. Lee was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces.

1940
The first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.

1958
The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched.

1990
The first McDonald’s opened in Russia.

Birthdays

Franz Schubert
1797ā€“1828, Austrian Composer.

Zane Grey

author (1872)

Tallulah Bankhead

actress (1902)

John O’Hara

novelist and short-story writer, (1905)

Thomas Merton

religious writer and poet (1915)

Jackie Robinson

baseball player (1919)

Carol Channing

comedienne, singer (1921)

Norman Mailer

writer (1923)

Minnie Driver

actress (1970)

Justin Timberlake

pop musician (1981)

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