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January 31

ChristianScience
  1. 1561 CEChristian · died

    Menno Simons, the former priest whose leadership gave the Mennonites their name, died at Wüstenfelde in Holstein.

  2. 1892 CEChristian · died

    Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the London Baptist preacher long known as the 'Prince of Preachers,' died at Menton, France.

  3. 1915 CEChristian · born

    Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk and writer whose memoir 'The Seven Storey Mountain' reached a wide readership, was born in Prades, France.

  4. 1958 CEScience

    The United States launched Explorer 1, its first satellite; its onboard cosmic-ray instrument led James Van Allen to the discovery of the radiation belts encircling Earth.

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