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January 31 Deaths in History - January 31 Birthdays - January 31 Events
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January 31, 2001 Gordon R. Dickson, writer, The Dragon and the George, dies at 77 January 31, 2000 Kenneth L. Pike, American Sociologist January 31, 2000 Gil Kane, American Artist January 31, 1997 Eve Lister, actress and singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84 January 31, 1996 Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65 January 31, 1996 Marcel Carne, French Director January 31, 1995 George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105 January 31, 1995 James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86 January 31, 1994 Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81 January 31, 1992 Mel Hein, NFLer (New York Giants), dies at 82 January 31, 1992 Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63 January 31, 1989 Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80 January 31, 1989 Yasushi Akutagawa, composer, dies at 63 January 31, 1989 William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier January 31, 1987 Yves Allegret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies at 79 January 31, 1982 Waverley Lewis Root, American Journalist January 31, 1980 J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies January 31, 1974 Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61 January 31, 1974 Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at 58 January 31, 1974 Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72 January 31, 1974 Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72 January 31, 1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 January 31, 1973 Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77 January 31, 1972 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 January 31, 1972 Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79 January 31, 1972 Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67 January 31, 1970 Slim Harpo, [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28 January 31, 1969 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77 January 31, 1967 Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100 January 31, 1967 Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86 January 31, 1966 Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90 January 31, 1960 Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53 January 31, 1956 A. A. Milne, English Author January 31, 1955 John R Mott, U.S. theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89 January 31, 1954 Edwin H Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 January 31, 1954 Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65 January 31, 1949 Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 January 31, 1945 Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 January 31, 1944 Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist January 31, 1940 Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 January 31, 1933 John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 January 31, 1925 George Washington Cable, American Novelist January 31, 1922 Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 January 31, 1919 Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79 January 31, 1904 Dan Leno, English Comedian January 31, 1892 Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman January 31, 1891 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 January 31, 1877 Gustave Courbet, French Artist January 31, 1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies January 31, 1861 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 January 31, 1860 Thomas Cochrane, English Politician January 31, 1828 Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 January 31, 1788 Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 January 31, 1788 Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50 January 31, 1788 [Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67 January 31, 1606 Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 January 31, 1580 Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies January 31, 1561 Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies |