Thursday, January 31, 2013

TODAY IN HISTORY

JANUARY 31


1606:Guy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was executed.

1865:Robert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces.

1865:The House of Representatives approved the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States.

1940:The first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.

1958:The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched.

1990:The first McDonald's opened in Russia.




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