Bryant Barred for One Game After Hard Hit
By Liz Robbins
The N.B.A. has shown little tolerance this season for any action that is illegal and overtly ugly.
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On this day
January 31, 2007
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Barbaro’s Plight Shined a Light on Advances
By Joe Drape
The team that attempted to save the Kentucky Derby winner employed state-of-the-art techniques that could become more popular.
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The Endlessly Maddening (for Liberals) Case of Ralph Nader
By A.O. Scott
The documentary “An Unreasonable Man” is an admiring but hardly uncritical portrait of Ralph Nader and his 2000 presidential campaign.
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Megastores March Up Avenue, and Paris Takes to Barricades
By Elaine Sciolino
The Paris city government has promised a plan aimed at stopping the “banalization” of the Champs-Élysées.
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Icahn Seeks Board Seat at Motorola
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Carl C. Icahn, who has made a career of agitating for change at large companies, wants Motorola to use its $10.5 billion cash pile toward a huge buyback of shares.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 31, 2007, covering January 31, 2007.
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Daughtry
Daughtry
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- 4
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- 1
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- 9
- 2
Dreamgirls
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- 1
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- 1
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- 7
- 3
Jump In!
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- 5
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- 3
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- 2
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Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae
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- 32
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- 4
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- 31
- 5
Konvicted
Akon
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- 2
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- 2
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- 10
Notable Deaths
2007Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (born 1944)[†]
Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins was an American newspaper columnist, author, and political commentator, known for her humorous and insightful writing, which often used satire and wit to critique political figures and policies.
2007Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and politician (born 1929)[†]
Adelaide Frances Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid activist and former political exile.
Historical Events
2007Emergency officials in Boston mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards depicting characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), causing a panic.[†]
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, is an American adult animated television series created by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. It is about the surreal adventures and antics of three anthropomorphic fast food items: Master Shake, Meatwad, and Frylock, who live together as roommates and frequently interact with their human next-door neighbor, Carl.
Historical Context for January 31, 2007
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]