JAN 31st THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Famous Quote Said On January 31  The next president is going to have to be prepared to immediately step in without hesitation and end our involvement in Iraq.  Joe Biden, 2007 Jan 31 Birthdays 1995 - Danielle Campbell 1981 - Justin Timberlake 1977 - Kerry Washington 1971 - Minnie Driver 1959 - Kelly Lynch 1947 - Nolan Ryan 1944 - Charlie Musselwhite 1941 - Richard Gephardt 1937 - Suzanne Pleshette 1934 - James Franciscus 1931 - Ernie Banks 1929 - Jean Simmons 1923 - Norman Mailer 1923 - Carol Channing 1921 - Mario Lanza 1919 - Jackie Robinson 1915 - Thomas Merton 1915 - Garry Moore 1892 - Eddie Cantor 1872 - Zane Grey Jan 31 In History 1971 - American astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blast off to the moon aboard Apollo 14. Shepard demonstrated his golf skills on the moon. 1950 - U.S. President Harry Truman announces that development has started on the hydrogen bomb, a weapon hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb. 1936 - "Green Hornet" radio show is first heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit 1915 - World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russians. Liquid bromide gas was first launched in a large scale war at the Battle of Bolimov. 1605 - Guy Fawkes, member of the Gunpowder Plot, executed in Britain. This Day in Business1990 - The worlds biggest Mcdonalds opens in Moscow - it also happens to be the first ever McDonald's to open up in Russia. This Day in Entertainment  1949 - The first daytime soap opera, "These Are My Children," is broadcast by NBC. This Day in Geography  1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. This Day in Sports  1988 - Doug Williams is first African-American quarterback to play in Super Bowl and wins MVP. Today's HolidayIndependence Day (Nauru) - Celebrates Nauru gaining independence from Australia in 1968.