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Today in History: January 31

1606
Guy Fawkes is hanged, drawn and quartered for his part in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up Parliament.

1620
Virginia colony leaders write to the Virginia Company in England, asking for more orphaned apprentices for employment.

1835
A man with two pistols misfires at President Andrew Jackson at the White House.

1911
The German Reichstag exempts royal families from tax obligations.

1915
Germans use poison gas on the Russians at Bolimov.

1916
President Woodrow Wilson refuses the compromise on Lusitania reparations.

1917
Germany resumes unlimited sub warfare, warning that all neutral ships that are in the war zone will be attacked.

1968
In Vietnam, the Tet Offensive begins as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers attack strategic and civilian locations throughout South Vietnam.

1976
Ernesto Miranda, famous from the Supreme Court ruling on Miranda vs. Arizona is stabbed to death.

1981
Lech Walesa announces an accord in Poland, giving Saturdays off to laborers.

2020
United Kingdom formally withdraws from the European Union (Brexit)

2022
Online word puzzle Wordle bought for “low seven figure sum” by The New York Times

Today in History: Born on January 31
1734
Robert Morris, signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

1797
Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (C Major Symphony, The Unfinished Symphony).

1919
Jackie Robinson, first African-American baseball player in the modern major leagues.

1981
Justin Timberlake (42nd Birthday) American singer-songwriter ("Can't Stop The Feeling!"; "Sexyback"), and actor (Friends With Benefits), born in Memphis, Tennessee.

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