Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/January/January 31

January 31:

Book releases
 * 1987 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 8, by Yoshiki Tanaka

Television series
 * 1992 – Capitol Critters, an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House, begins airing on ABC
 * 1998 – Spider-Man, an American animated series, finishes airing on Fox Kids

Deaths
 * 2001 – Gordon R. Dickson (b. 1923), an American science fiction author