January 31
January 31 is the 31st day of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
106: The complete reconstruction of the bridge over the Danube (with a length of 1135 m) Drobeta by Apollodorus of Damascus
1834: opens in Bucharest, School of Music voice of declamation and literature "Philharmonic Society".
1844: Emancipation of Roma settlements belonging to the church and monasteries by Michael Sturdza, prince of Moldavia (1834-1849). On January 14, 1844, Gypsies were slaves freed and the state.
1891: The Portuguese republican revolution occurred first.
1901: The premiere cehoviene absolute masterpiece "Three Sisters", the Moscow Art Theatre (directed by KS Stanislavski)
1920: Inauguration of the University of Cluj, Transylvania open the Directing Council of the presence of King Ferdinand I.
1942: World War II: Japanese occupied Malacca Peninsula
1944: World War II: Allied Landing in Marshall Islands
1958: First launch successful, the Cosmos of a satellite built by the U.S. - "Explorer 1"
1964: Romanian and Swedish governments decide to raise their legations in Stockholm and Bucharest to the rank of embassies.
1967: Romania and Germany established diplomatic relations at embassy level.
1990: The first restaurant was opened in Moscow McDonalds
2001: the verdict in the Lockerbie bombing on since 1988, after Libyan citizen Abdel Basset Ali that al-Megrahi was sentenced to life imprisonment and the second suspect, Al Amine Khalifa Fhimah, was acquitted by the Scottish court.
Births
1756: Marie-Thérèse of Savoy, wife of King Charles the Tenth of France (d. 1805)
1797: Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (d. 1828)
1854: David Emmanuel, Romanian mathematician (d. 1941)
1868: Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel chemistry laureate (d. 1928)
1902: Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1921: John Agar, American actor (d. 2002)
1923: Tia (Ernestina) Peltz, Romanian painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
Norman Mailer, American writer (d. 2007)
1926: Dominic Rock, Romanian poet and writer
1929: Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1937: Mircea Micu, Romanian poet and writer
Marin Moraru, Romanian theater and film actor
1938: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. It was officially called the sovereign of the Netherlands on 30 April 1980 by Queen Juliana
Ajip Rosidi, Indonesian writer
1940: Titus Suciu, writer, author of the first books about the revolution in Romania, "report blown"
Lucia Muresan, a Romanian film and theater actress
Cornel Popa, Romanian politician
1953: Ovidiu Lipan "Ţăndărică" Romanian musician, former member of the "Phoenix"
1955: Virginia Ruzic, Romanian tennis player
1982: Elena Paparizou, Greek singer, winner of Eurovision 2005
Deaths
1418: Mircea the Elder, ruler of Romanian
1870: Cilibi Moses, Hebrew born Romanian writer (b. 1812)
1918: Ivan Pulyui, physicist, inventor and Ukrainian patriot (b. 1845)
1933: John Galsworthy, English writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932 (b. 1867)
1944: Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)
1958: Alexandru Popescu-Haze, Romanian poet (b. 1893)
1972: Mahendra, King of Nepal (b. 1920)
1980: Edward Bucuroiu, Romanian poet (b. 1934)
1987: Nicholas sails, Romanian writer (b. 1936)
Allégret Yve, French film director (b. 1907)
1990: Alexander Tatos, Romanian director (b. 1937)
1993: IV Sandulescu, Romanian writer and politician
2001: Rafael Lapesa, professor and academician Spanish author of Etymological Dictionary of Spanish. (B. 1908)
2003: Nicholas Fulga, Romanian writer (b. 1935)
2009: Virgil Constantinescu, Romanian engineer, member and president of the Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
Celebrate
St Doctors, workers of miracles and without silver Cyrus and John (Orthodox calendar)
Ss. John Bosco, Marcella, widow (Roman Catholic calendar)
St Cyrus and John, free medical (Greek Catholic calendar)
Nauru: National holiday - Proclamation of the state independence (1968)
