January 31: on this day in history
A few events that happened on January 31. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.
Historical events
- 1862Alvan Graham Clark discovered Sirius B, the white dwarf companion of Sirius.
- 1865The US Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery.
- 1901Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre.
- 1958Explorer 1, the first US satellite, detected the Van Allen radiation belt surrounding Earth.
- 1971The Apollo 14 astronauts, including Alan Shepard, set off for the Moon.
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