1901 – Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters premieres at Art Theatre in Russia. · 1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas ...

On This Day In History - January 31: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules. This day's facts in the arts, politics, and sciences.

1996 A suicide bombing in Sri Lanka kills 91 people. Separatist Tamil Tigers detonated a truck loaded with explosives in front of the central bank in Colombo.

31 янв. 2024 г. · D-Day · 1944 U-592 sunk off Ireland · 1944 US forces invade Kwajalein Atoll · 1945 Soviet troops reach the Oder River, less that 50 miles from ...

Discover what happened on January 31 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

EVENTS · 1961 – Ham the Chimp travels into outer space. · 1990 – The first McDonald's opens in , Russia. · 1996 – A suicide bombing in Sri Lanka kills 91 ...

A jury took 27 minutes to convict Dr Hawley Crippen of murdering his wife and burying her remains in his cellar. But shocking new DNA evidence later emerged.

2015 · New Zealand professional golfer Lydia Ko, age 17, becomes the youngest No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, beating the record set by Tiger Woods in ...

Did you know that January 31 is known as Gorilla Suit Day? Here you'll learn some interesting facts & events that happened on this day throughout history.

The Battle of Stalingrad ends as small groups of German soldiers of the Sixth Army surrender to the victorious Red Army forces.