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| − | * 1917, Germany served notice it was beginning a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare | + | * 1917, [[Directory:Germany|Germany]] served notice it was beginning a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare |
* 1929, the Soviet Union expelled communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky. He was later assassinated in Mexico | * 1929, the Soviet Union expelled communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky. He was later assassinated in Mexico | ||
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* 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces began invading Kwajalein Atoll and other parts of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands | * 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces began invading Kwajalein Atoll and other parts of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands | ||
| − | * 1945, Private Eddie Slovik became the only U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France | + | * 1945, Private Eddie Slovik became the only U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in [[Directory:France|France]] |
* 1950, President Truman announced he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb | * 1950, President Truman announced he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb | ||
| − | * 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer 1 | + | * 1958, the [[Directory:United States|United States]] entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer 1 |
* 1971, astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon | * 1971, astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon | ||
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* 1998, astronaut David Wolf returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Endeavour after four months on the Russian space station Mir | * 1998, astronaut David Wolf returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Endeavour after four months on the Russian space station Mir | ||
| − | * 2000, a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan, acquitted a second, in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. | + | * 2000, a Scottish court sitting in the [[Directory:Netherlands|Netherlands]] convicted one Libyan, acquitted a second, in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. |
| − | * | + | * 2000, The state of [[Directory:Georgia|Georgia]] hoisted its new flag above its statehouse, one featuring a smaller Confederate battle emblem |
| − | [[Category: | + | * 2003, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair met at the White House; Bush said he would welcome a second U.N. resolution on [[Directory:Iraq|Iraq]] but only if it led to the prompt disarming of Saddam Hussein. Pushing for a new resolution, Blair called confronting Iraq "a test of the international community." |
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Revision as of 22:24, 31 January 2008
January 31 in history:
- 1917, Germany served notice it was beginning a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare
- 1929, the Soviet Union expelled communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky. He was later assassinated in Mexico
- 1934, President Roosevelt devalued the dollar in relation to gold
- 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces began invading Kwajalein Atoll and other parts of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands
- 1945, Private Eddie Slovik became the only U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France
- 1950, President Truman announced he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb
- 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer 1
- 1971, astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon
- 1998, astronaut David Wolf returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Endeavour after four months on the Russian space station Mir
- 2000, a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan, acquitted a second, in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
- 2000, The state of Georgia hoisted its new flag above its statehouse, one featuring a smaller Confederate battle emblem
- 2003, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair met at the White House; Bush said he would welcome a second U.N. resolution on Iraq but only if it led to the prompt disarming of Saddam Hussein. Pushing for a new resolution, Blair called confronting Iraq "a test of the international community."
