Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 31

January 31: Independence Day in Nauru (1968); Festival of Muharram in Shi'a Islam begins (2006, A.H. 1427).

Ham the Chimp

• 1606 - Guy Fawkes was executed for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James I.
• 1747 - The first clinic specializing in the treatment of venereal diseases was opened.
• 1876 - The United States ordered all Native Americans to move into reservations.
• 1946 - In Yugoslavia, a new constitution established the six constituent republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.
• 1961 - Aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, Ham the Chimp (pictured) became the first higher primate to travel in outer space.

Recent days: January 30 – January 29 – January 28

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• December 31
• January 1
• January 2