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July 31 is the 212th day (213th in Leap Year s) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 153 days remaining.
Events
- 781 - The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese Date : July 6, 781)
- 1009 - Pietro Boccapecora becomes Pope Sergius IV
- - The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne .
- 1498 - On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere , Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad .
- 1588 - The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England .
- 1667 - The Treaty Of Breda ends the Second Anglo-Dutch War .
- 1703 - Daniel Defoe is placed in a Pillory for the crime of seditious Libel after publishing a politically satirical Pamphlet , but is pelted with flowers.
- 1777 - The United States Congress passes a resolution that services of Marquis De Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States ."
- 1790 - First U.S. Patent issued; granted to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
- 1856 - Christchurch , New Zealand chartered as a city.
- 1917 - The Third Battle Of Ypres starts in Flanders .
- 1919 - German National Assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution (to enter into force August 14 )
- 1930 - The Radio Mystery program '' The Shadow '' airs for the first time.
- 1932 - The NSDAP wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
- 1936 - The International Olympic Committee announces that the 1940 Summer Olympics were to be held in Tokyo . However, the games were given back to the IOC after the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, and were eventually cancelled altogether because of World War II .
- 1940 - A Doodlebug train in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio collides with a multi-car freight train heading the opposite way, killing 43 people.
- , Nazi official Hermann Göring , orders SS general Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question."
- 1945 - Pierre Laval , fugitive former leader of Vichy France , surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria .
- 1948 - At Idlewild Field in New York , New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport ) is dedicated.
- 1951 - Japan Airlines is established.
- 1954 - First ascent of K2 , by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio .
- 1956 - Jim Laker sets extraordinary record at Old Trafford in the fourth Test of taking nineteen wickets in a First-class Match (the previous best was seventeen.
- 1961 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts , the first All-Star Game tie in major league Baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning due to rain.
- sends back the first close-up photographs of the Moon , with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound Telescope s).
- 1969 - Elvis Presley gives a live perfomances for the first time in eight years.
- astronauts become the first to ride in a Lunar Rover .
- 1973 - A Delta Air Lines jetliner crashes while landing in fog at Logan Airport , Boston, Massachusetts killing 89
- 1975 - In Detroit, Michigan , Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing.
- 1976 - NASA releases the famous Face On Mars photo, taken by Viking 1
- 1981 - General Omar Torrijos of Panama dies in a plane crash
- 1987 - A rare, class F-4 Tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta , killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage.
- 1988 - 32 people were killed and 1,674 injured when a Bridge At The Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal Collapsed in Butterworth , Malaysia .
- 1992 - A Thai Airways Airbus A300 -310 crashes into mountain north of Kathmandu , Nepal killing 113.
- 1996 - MIL-STD- 1750A is declared inactive for use in new designs.
- 1999 - NASA intentionally crashes the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the Moon , thus ending its mission to detect frozen Water on the moon's surface.
Births
- 1143 - Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165 )
- 1396 - Philip III, Duke Of Burgundy (d. 1467 )
- 1527 - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor , (d. 1576 )
- 1598 - Alessandro Algardi , Italian sculptor and Architect (d. 1654 )
- 1702 - Jean Denis Attiret , French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. 1768 )
- 1704 - Gabriel Cramer , Swiss mathematician (d. 1752 )
- 1718 - John Canton , English physicist (d. 1772 )
- 1724 - Noël François De Wailly , French lexicographer (d. 1801 )
- 1803 - John Ericsson , Swedish inventor and engineer (d. 1889 )
- 1816 - George Henry Thomas , American general (d. 1870 )
- 1835 - Henri Brisson , French statesman (d. 1912 )
- 1843 - Peter Rosegger , Austrian poet (d. 1918 )
- 1860 - Mary Vaux Walcott , American artist and naturalist (d. 1940 )
- 1887 - Hans Freyer , German sociologist (d. 1969 )
- 1901 - Jean Dubuffet , French painter and sculptor (d. 1985 )
- 1904 - Brett Halliday , American writer (d. 1977 )
- 1911 - George Liberace , American musician (d. 1983 )
- 1912 - Bill Brown , Australian cricketer
- 1912 - Milton Friedman , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1912 - Irv Kupcinet , American newspaper columnist (d. 2003 )
- 1914 - Louis De Funès , French actor and comedian (d. 1983 )
- 1916 - Billy Hitchcock , baseball player, coach, and official (d. 2006 )
- 1916 - Bill Todman , American game show producer (d. 1979 )
- 1918 - Paul D. Boyer , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 - Hank Jones , American pianist
- 1919 - Curt Gowdy , American sports announcer
- 1919 - Primo Levi , Italian author and chemist (d. 1987 )
- 1921 - Whitney Young , American civil rights activist (d. 1971 )
- 1923 - Ahmet Ertegun , Turkish-born record company executive
- 1929 - Don Murray , American actor
- 1929 - José Santamaria , Uruguayan footballer
- 1930 - Oleg Popov , Russian clown
- 1931 - Kenny Burrell , American guitarist
- 1931 - Nick Bollettieri , American Tennis coach
- 1933 - Cees Nooteboom , Dutch writer
- 1939 - France Nuyen , French actress
- 1941 - Amarsinh Chaudhary , Indian politician
- 1943 - William Bennett , U.S. Secretary Of Education
- 1943 - Susan Flannery , American actress
- 1944 - Geraldine Chaplin , American actress
- 1944 - Robert Carhart Merton , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946 - Bob Welch , American musician
- 1950 - Steve Miller , American writer
- 1951 - Evonne Goolagong , Australian Tennis player
- 1951 - Barry Van Dyke , American actor
- 1952 - Alan Autry , American Football player, actor, and Mayor of Fresno, California
- 1952 - Helmuts Balderis , Latvian Hockey player
- 1952 - João Barreiros , Portuguese writer
- 1957 - Daniel Ash , Gothic Rock artist in such bands as Bauhaus , Tones On Tail and Love And Rockets
- 1958 - Bill Berry , American musician ( R.E.M. )
- 1958 - Mark Cuban , American businessman, producer, and Basketball team owner
- 1959 - Stanley Jordan , American Jazz guitarist
- 1960 - Dale Hunter , Canadian Ice Hockey player
- 1962 - Wesley Snipes , American actor
- 1962 - Kevin Greene , professional American football player
- 1964 - Jim Corr , Irish singer and musician ( The Corrs )
- 1965 - John Laurinaitis , American professional wrestler
- 1965 - J. K. Rowling , English novelist
- 1966 - Dean Cain , American actor
- 1967 - Minako Honda , Japanese singer and musical actress (d. 2005 )
- 1969 - David Cash (Kid Kash) , American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Gus Frerotte , American football player
- 1974 - Emilia Fox , English actress
- 1974 - Jonathan Ogden , American football player
- 1975 - Simon Hirst , British radio DJ ('' Hit40uk '')
- 1976 - Annie Parisse , American actress
- 1977 - Tim Couch , American football player
- 1978 - Justin Wilson , English race car driver
- 1979 - Jade Kwan , Hong Kong singer
- 1979 - Per Kroldrup , Danish footballer
- 1980 - Harry Potter , fictional protagonist of J.K. Rowling 's series Harry Potter
- 1981 - Ira Losco , Maltese singer
- 1981 - Matthew "M. Shadows" Sanders , American singer ( Avenged Sevenfold )
Deaths
- 1099 - El Cid , Spanish warrior (b. 1044 )
- 1108 - King Philip I Of France (b. 1052 )
- 1396 - William Courtenay , Archbishop Of Canterbury (b. 1342 )
- 1508 - Na'od , Emperor Of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1494 )
- 1547 - King Francis I Of France (b. 1494 )
- 1556 - Ignatius Loyola , Spanish priest and founder of the Jesuits
- 1653 - Thomas Dudley , Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576 )
- 1726 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician (b. 1695 )
- 1750 - King John V Of Portugal (b. 1689 )
- 1784 - Denis Diderot , French philosopher and encylopedist (b. 1713 )
- 1875 - Andrew Johnson , 17th President Of The United States (b. 1808 )
- 1886 - Franz Liszt , Hungarian composer (b. 1811 )
- 1914 - Jean Jaurès , French politician (d. 1859 )
- 1917 - Francis Ledwidge , Irish poet (b. 1881 )
- 1944 - Antoine De Saint-Exupery , French pilot and writer (b. 1900 )
- 1953 - Robert Taft , U.S. Senator from Ohio and Presidential candidate (b. 1889 )
- 1972 - Paul-Henri Spaak , Prime Minister Of Belgium (b. 1899 )
- 1980 - Mohd. Rafi , Indian playback singer (b. 1924 )
- 1981 - Omar Torrijos , Panamanian military leader
- 1993 - King Baudouin I Of Belgium (b. 1930 )
- 2001 - Poul Anderson , American author (b. 1926 )
- 2003 - Guido Crepax , Italian comics artist (b. 1933 )
- 2005 - Wim Duisenberg , Dutch banker and 1st president of the European Central Bank
Holidays and observances
External links
July 30 - August 1 - June 30 - August 31 -- Listing Of All Days
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