Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 31
January 31, 2024 is the 31st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 335 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 31
- 1606 –Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England.
- 1747 –The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
- 1848 –John C. Fremont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
- 1867 –Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board a French ship bound for Algeria
- 1900 –Datu Muhammad Salleh is assassinated in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion
- 1918 –A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
- 1929 –The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.
- 1957 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- 1958 –Explorer program: Explorer 1 – The first successful launch of an American satellite into orbit.
- 2007 –Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.
Who were born on January 31?
- 1857 –George Jackson Churchward, British railroad engineer. (d. 1933)
- 1915 –Alan Lomax, American musicologist (d. 2002)
- 1944 –Connie Booth, American writer and actress
- 1960 –Grant Morrison, British comic author
- 1966 –Dr Umar Alisha, Indian Sufi master
- 1967 –Fat Mike, American musician
- 1974 –Wil Anderson, Australian comedian
- 1981 –Justin Timberlake, American singer
- 1982 –Salvatore Masiello, Italian footballer
- 1987 –Kenny McKinley, American football player (d. 2010)
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