On this day …
January 31, 2018
- In 1606, Guy Fawkes was executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.
- In 1801, John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- In 1915, Germany became the first nation to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare.
- In 1930, the 3M company began marketing Scotch Tape.
- In 1945, Private Eddie Slovik became the first U.S. soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War.
- In 1958, the first American satellite, Explorer I, detected the Van Allen radiation belt.
- In 2012, the Toyota Corolla became the best-selling car model of all time, with more than 37 million sold.
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