January 31, 2017

January 31st in History Part IV


On January 31st in History Part IV

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On January 31st in 1971 - Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon.

On January 31st in 1971 - Telephone service between East and West Berlin was re-established after 19 years.

On January 31st in 1982 - Sandy Duncan gave her final performance as "Peter Pan" in Los Angeles, CA. She completed 956 performances without missing a show.

On January 31st in 1983 - JCPenney announced plans to spend in excess of $1 billion over the next five years to modernize stores and to accelerate a repositioning program.

On January 31st in 1985 - The final Jeep rolled off the assembly line at the AMC plant in Toledo, OH.

On January 31st in 1990 - McDonald's Corp. opened its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow, Russia.

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