Lunar Eclipse Super Blue Blood Moon 2018 India: For sky enthusiasts, it will be a big opportunity to watch. At 4:21 PM, northeast India will be the first to observe the event in the country. (Reuters)
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Jan 31
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1933 - Edouard Daladier takes office as Prime Minister for first time in France.
1943 - German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrendered to the Russians at Stalingrad in World War Two.
1956 - A.A. Milne, author of the "Winnie the Pooh" stories, died.
1990 - Fast-food chain McDonald’s opens its first restaurant in Moscow.
1994 - Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat visits Switzerland.
1996 - Suicide truck bombers attacked Sri Lanka's central bank in the heart of the capital, Colombo. At least 80 people were killed.
2000 - An Alaska Airlines MD-83 carrying 88 people plunged 17,000 feet (5,180 metres) into the Pacific off southern California. All aboard were killed.
2010 - Singer Taylor Swift wins four Grammy Awards.
2014 - 102-year-old French cyclist beats own world record by cycling nearly 27 kilometres in an hour.
2014 - Singer Katy Perry reaches 50 million followers on Twitter.
2018 - Super blue moon / total lunar eclipse.
