January 31 in history: • 1578 – Eighty Years' War: Spanish forces won a crushing victory at the Battle of Gembloux, threatening the States General of the Netherlands and contributing to its move from Brussels to Antwerp. → go there • 1747 – The London Lock Hospital, the first voluntary hospital specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, opened. → go there • 1961 – Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, the chimpanzee Ham became the first hominid to be launched into outer space. → go there • 1988 – Doug Williams became the first African-American quarterback to play in the Super Bowl, leading the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII. → go there • 2013 – A gas leak underneath the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City caused an explosion (aftermath pictured) that killed at least 37 people and injured another 121. → go there Born 1821: Zina D. H. Young Wiki link Born 1911: Eric Burhop Wiki link Born 1981: Justin Timberlake Wiki link Died 2006: George Koval Wiki link Pictured: Damage caused by the Pemex explosion.