Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/January 31

31 January:  Major events in the arts

• 1896 – Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème, one of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire, had its world premiere at the Teatro Regio in Turin.
• 1924 – The 24-page masterpiece poem The Rattling Wheel by Sergei Yesenin was completed, marking a significant moment in Russian Imaginism literature.
• 1950 – The film Stromboli, directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Ingrid Bergman, premiered in the US, marking a turning point in Italian Neorealism cinema.
• 1999 – The animated satirical series Family Guy debuted on Fox, beginning its journey as a significant influence on modern pop-culture television.

• Franz Schubert (b. 1797)
• Philip Glass (b. 1937)
• Derek Jarman (d. 1994)
• A. A. Milne (d. 1956)