31 January 2023: This day in history
1865: Congress passes, by vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment of US Constitution, abolishing slavery in US 1865: General Robert E. Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies during US Civil War 1943: Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to Soviet troops at Stalingrad 1950: US President Harry Truman publicly announces support for the development of a hydrogen bomb 1985: South African President P. W. Botha offers to free Nelson […]