January 31

On This Day In History
	1606: Guy Fawkes executed in London On this day in 1606, British provocateur Guy Fawkes-one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, who sought to blow up Parliament and to assassinate King James I for his repression of Roman Catholics-was executed in London.
Guy Fawkes, a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot
Biography Of The Day
	Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson-the first African American baseball player in the U.S. major leagues in the 20th century and the league's Rookie of the Year in 1947 and Most Valuable Player in 1949-was born this day in 1919.
Jackie Robinson showing his 1949 Most Valuable Player award
More Events On This Day In History
1977	1977 The Pompidou Centre, a French national cultural centre named for former president Georges Pompidou, opened in Paris.
	1966 The Soviets launched Luna 9, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon.
1958	1958 Explorer 1 was the first artificial space satellite orbited by the United States, marking the country's entry into the space race.
1943	1943 German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrendered to the Soviet Red Army at Stalingrad (now Volgograd), his troops surrendering two days later.
1797	1797 Austrian composer Franz Schubert was born near Vienna.