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Today in History: Tuesday, January\u00a0 31, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Jan. 31, 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer I.
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1606<\/td>\nGuy Fawkes, convicted for his part in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1797<\/td>\nComposer Franz Schubert was born in Vienna, Austria.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1865<\/td>\nRobert E. Lee was named general-in-chief of the Confederate armies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1917<\/td>\nGermany announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1919<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport’s color barrier in 1947, was born in Cairo, Ga.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nU.S. forces invaded the Japanese-held Marshall Islands during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nPrivate Eddie Slovik became the only U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nThe first TV daytime soap opera, “These Are My Children,” was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nPresident Harry S. Truman announced that he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nAstronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on the third successful manned mission to the moon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nMcDonald’s Corp. opened its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nAn Alaska Airlines jet plunged into the ocean off Southern California on a flight from Mexico to San Francisco, killing all 88 people on board.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2001<\/td>\nA Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan and acquitted a second in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nSamuel Alito was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThe Senate approved Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nEgypt’s military promised not to fire on peaceful protests and recognized “the legitimacy of the people’s demands.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nMyanmar opened its first parliament in more than two decades.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Singer-actor Justin Timberlake turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Carol Channing<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philip Glass<\/td>\nComposer<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Princess Beatrix<\/td>\nFormer queen of the Netherlands<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Gephardt<\/td>\nFormer House minority leader<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jessica Walter<\/td>\nActress (“Arrested Development”)<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KC<\/td>\nSinger, musician (KC and the Sunshine Band)<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnny Rotten<\/td>\nRock singer (The Sex Pistols)<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anthony LaPaglia<\/td>\nActor (“Without a Trace”)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minnie Driver<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portia de Rossi<\/td>\nActress (“Arrested Development,” “Ally McBeal”)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby Moynihan<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kerry Washington<\/td>\nActress (“Scandal”)<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marcus Mumford<\/td>\nSinger, musician (Mumford and Sons)<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Baseball Hall of Famer and Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan turns 70 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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