31st January Day Of History
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| 31st January Day Of History |
31st January Day Of History
January 31: Independence Day in Nauru (1968)
- 1208 – King Sverker II of Sweden was defeated at the Battle of Lena by Prince Eric, who succeeded to the throne.
- 1862 – American astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint white dwarf companion of Sirius (both stars pictured), the brightest star in the night sky.
- 1945 – Second World War: The British 3rd Commando Brigade defeated the Japanese 54th Division at the Battle of Hill 170, causing Japanese forces to withdraw from Burma's Arakan peninsula.
- 2000 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261, experiencing problems with its horizontal stabilizer system, crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Anacapa Island, California, killing all 88 people on board.
- 2010 – James Cameron's Avatar became the first film to earn over $2 billion worldwide
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