World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula. Date: January 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31…
World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed. Date: January 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1945 ๐ On This Day (Today)
US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War. Date: January 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1945 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the ฤแปng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par. Date: January 31, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1946 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). Date: January 31, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1946 ๐ On This Day (Today)
These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago, United States. Date: January 31, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1949 ๐ On This Day (Today)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to the Korean War is adopted. Date: January 31, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1951 ๐ On This Day (Today)
A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom. Date: January 31, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1953 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Eight people (five total crew from two aircraft and three on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet. Date: January 31, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in…
Cold War: Space Race: The Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite, detects the Van Allen radiation belt. Date: January 31, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1958 ๐ On This Day (Today)