January 31

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[edit] Events

• 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England.
• 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
• 1917 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.
• 1970 - A Saskatchewan Court convicts 17-year-old hippie David Milgaard of murder; he is sentenced to life in prison. He spent 23 years in jail until April 14, 1992 when DNA evidence proves him innocent of all charges.

[edit] Births

• 1872 - Zane Grey, American Western writer (d. 1939)
• 1884 - Theodor Heuss, 1st President of Germany (Bundespräsident) (d. 1963)
• 1964 - Jeff Hanneman, American musician. (Slayer)

[edit] Deaths

• 1606 - Gunpowder Plot conspirators:
  • Guy Fawkes (b. 1570)
  • Ambrose Rokewood (b. c. 1578)
  • Thomas Wintour (b. 1571)