Today is Monday, January 31, the 31st day of 2011. There are 334 days left in the year.
1862 _ Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius
1871 _ Millions of birds fly over western San Francisco, darken the sky
1874 _ Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill MO
1901 _ Chekhov's ``Three Sisters" opens at the Moscow Art Theater
1906 _ Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter
1915 _ First (German) poison gas attack, against Russians
1928 _ Scotch tape first marketed by 3-M Company
1934 _ FDR devalues the dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce
1943 _ General Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad
1950 _ President Truman reveals that he ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to develop the hydrogen