MIKE GRACIA

Explorer 1 was launched on January 31, 1958 at 22:48 Eastern Time.

Edward Donald "Eddie" Slovik
(February 18, 1920 – January 31, 1945)

Army Private Slovic is the only U.S. soldier to be court- 
martialled and executed for desertion since the Civil War.

            
              Pearl Zane Grey 
              (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939)

              Zane Grey was a dentist and author best known for his 
              popular adventure novels and stories associated with
              the Western genre.

Eugene Andrew "Gene" Cernan (March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017)

(FoxNews) – Gene Cernan, an early NASA astronaut who was the last man to
set foot on the moon, died Monday, according to a NASA announced in a
tweet.

Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972 – the last lunar
mission and one of the final Apollo flights.

ED DONAHUE

Space Shuttle Columbia Launch for it’s
28th and final mission.

SANDY KOZEL

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)

SANDY KOZEL