On January 31st in History Part V
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January 31st in 1995 - President Clinton invoked presidential emergency authority to provide a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
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January 31st in 1996 - In Colombo, Sri Lanka, a truck was rammed into the gates of the Central Bank. The truck filled with explosives killed at least 86 and injured 1,400.
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January 31st in 2000 - John Rocker (Atlanta Braves) was suspended from major league baseball for disparaging foreigners, homosexuals and minorities in an interview published by Sports Illustrated.
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January 31st in 2000 - An Alaska Airlines jet crashed into the ocean off Southern California. All 88 people on board were killed.
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January 31st in 2001 - A Scottish court in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan and acquitted a second in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that occurred in 1988.
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January 31st in 2005 - Keanu Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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