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Month January 1931 Calendar

About Month of January Calendar

  • January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).

    January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.

Historical Events for January, 1931

  • Day of Week 6th » Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
  • Day of Week 21st » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1931

  • 1st » Jimmy Smyth (hurler) called Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
  • 2nd » Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan
  • 3rd » Yashawant Dinkar Phadke, Indian historian and activist (d. 2008)
  • 4th » William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia
  • 4th » Lala Mara, Fijian wife of Kamisese Mara (d. 2004)
  • 5th » Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (d. 1989)
  • 5th » Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet, and author
  • 5th » Joan Coxsedge, Australian politician
  • 5th » Robert Duvall, American actor and director
  • 6th » E. L. Doctorow, American author
  • 6th » Juan Goytisolo, Spanish poet and author
  • 6th » P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author
  • 6th » Dickie Moore (ice hockey) e.g Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 7th » Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier (d. 2013)
  • 8th » Bill Graham (promoter) named Bill Graham, German-American music promoter (d. 1991)
  • 8th » Chuck Metcalf, American bassist (d. 2012)
  • 9th » Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2008)
  • 9th » Paul Mantee, American actor (d. 2013)
  • 10th » Peter Barnes (playwright) named Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)
  • 10th » Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician
  • 10th » Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (d. 2014)
  • 10th » John Zizioulas, Greek metropolitan
  • 11th » Betty Churcher, Australian painter
  • 11th » Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (d. 2014)
  • 13th » Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
  • 13th » Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and director (d. 2007)
  • 13th » Chris Wiggins, English-Canadian actor
  • 14th » Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer (d. 2009)
  • 14th » Martin Holdgate, English biologist
  • 14th » Caterina Valente, French-Italian singer, dancer, and actress
  • 15th » Lee Bontecou, American sculptor
  • 16th » Robert L. Park, American physicist
  • 16th » Johannes Rau, German politician, 8th List of German presidents called Federal President of Germany (d. 2006)
  • 17th » James Earl Jones, American actor
  • 17th » Douglas Wilder, American politician, 66th Governor of Virginia
  • 17th » Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
  • 19th » Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author
  • 20th » Preston Henn, American businessman, founded the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop
  • 20th » David Lee (physicist) known as David Lee, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate
  • 20th » Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992)
  • 24th » Leonard Baker, American historian and author (d. 1984)
  • 24th » Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician (d. 2012)
  • 25th » Dean Jones (actor) called Dean Jones, American actor and singer
  • 26th » Alfred Lynch, English actor (d. 2003)
  • 26th » Mary Murphy (actress) named Mary Murphy, American actress (d. 2011)
  • 27th » Red Bastien, American wrestler (d. 2012)
  • 27th » Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
  • 27th » Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson, English Lieutenant and businessman
  • 29th » Jim Baumer, American baseball player (d. 1996)
  • 29th » Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer
  • 29th » Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011)
  • 30th » John Crosbie, Canadian politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
  • 30th » Allan W. Eckert, American historian and author
  • 30th » Shirley Hazzard, Australian author
  • 31st » Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach
  • 31st » Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for January 1931

  • 1st » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
  • 3rd » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
  • 4th » Art Acord, American actor (b. 1890)
  • 4th » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
  • 4th » Louise, Princess Royal of England (b. 1867)
  • 7th » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
  • 9th » Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
  • 17th » Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
  • 21st » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
  • 22nd » László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
  • 22nd » Alma Rubens, American actress (b. 1897)
  • 23rd » Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (b. 1881)
  • 27th » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (sumo) known as Yokozuna (b. 1880)

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