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Saturday, 31 January 2026

Day 31 of 2026  ·  334 days remaining in the year  ·  Week 05
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Births (6) Deaths (0) Events (8) Reminders (0)
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6 Births
8 Events
14 Total entries

★ Born on this day 6 entries

1830
James G. Blaine, the "Plumed Knight."
US 196 yrs ago
1872
Zane Gray, American West novelist.
US Arts & Culture 154 yrs ago
1919
Jackie Robinson, first black major league baseball player.
US Sport 107 yrs ago
1923
Carol Channing, actress.
US Arts & Culture 103 yrs ago
1923
Joanne Dru
US 103 yrs ago
1923
Norman Mailer
US 103 yrs ago

► Events on this day 8 entries

1851
San Francisco Orphan's Asylum, first in California, founded.
US Geography & Exploration 175 yrs ago
1871
Birds fly over the western part of San Francisco in such large numbers that they actually darken the sky.
US 155 yrs ago
1911
Congress passes resolution naming San Francisco as the site of the celebration of the opening of the Panama Canal.
US Politics & Government 115 yrs ago
1928
Scotch tape first marketed by 3-M Company.
US 98 yrs ago
1956
The twist off bottle cap is invented. (Where's that DAMN opener?)
US Science & Technology 70 yrs ago
1958
First U.S. satellite launched, Explorer I.
US Space & Astronomy 68 yrs ago
1961
Ham the chimp is first animal sent into space by the US.
US 65 yrs ago
1971
Apollo 14 launched, first landing in lunar highlands.
US Space & Astronomy 55 yrs ago