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July 31 is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) July 2007 is the seventh month of that year It began on a Sunday and 31 days later ended on a Tuesday. July 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October July 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 31, 2003 July 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header remove July 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 153 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. Year 30 BC was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. The Battle of Alexandria was fought on July 31 30 BC between the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony during the Final war of the Roman Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ( c January 14 83 BC&ndash August 1, 30 BC known in English as Mark Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was
• 781 - The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781). Events By Place Asia July 31 — The oldest recorded eruption of Mt is the highest Mountain in Japan at.An Active volcano that last erupted in 1707–08 it straddles the boundary of Shizuoka and Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Events By Place Asia July 31 — The oldest recorded eruption of Mt
• 904 - Thessalonica falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city. Events By Place Europe The Royal Mint is founded in England Thessalonica is sacked by the Saracens under Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding
• 1423 - Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant - The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. The Hundred Years' War (Guerre de Cent Ans was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne vacant with the extinction of the senior The Battle of Cravant was an encounter fought on July 31, 1423, during the Hundred Years' War between English and French forces a victory for the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Bourgogne (Burgundy in eastern France
• 1451 - Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France. Jacques Cœur (c 1395 &ndash November 25, 1456, Chios) was a French merchant Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461 called the Victorious (le Victorieux or the Well-Served (le Bien-Servi was King of France from 1422
• 1498 - On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad. The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere or western hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies West Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer The European peoples are the various Nations and Ethnic groups of Europe. Trinidad ( Spanish: " Trinity " is the largest and most populous of the two major islands and
• 1588 - The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England. The Spanish Armada ( Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, "Great and Most Fortunate Navy" or Armada Invencible, "Invincible England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1655 - Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years. The Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667, also called the War for Ukraine, was the last major conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė old literary Lithuanian Didi Kunigiste Letuvos, Ruthenian: Wialikaje Kniastwa Litowskaje
• 1658 - Aurangzeb is proclaimed Moghul emperor of India. Aurangzeb ( (full title Al-Sultan al-Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram Abul Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur Alamgir I Padshah Ghazi) ( November 4, The Mughal Empire ( Persian and self-designation گورکانی; مغلیہ سلطنت) was an Islamic imperial power which ruled most India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 1667 - Second Anglo-Dutch War: Treaty of Breda ends the conflict. The Second Anglo-Dutch War was fought between England and the United Provinces from 4 March, 1665 until 31 July, 1667. For other meanings see Treaty of Breda (disambiguation. The Treaty of Breda was signed at the Dutch city of Breda, July 31
• 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. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 — April 24, 1731 was an English Writer, Journalist, and Pamphleteer, who gained enduring fame for A pamphlet is an unbound Booklet (that is without a hard cover or binding)
• 1741 - Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia. Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Emperor Charles VII Albert ( Brussels August 6, 1697 &ndash January 20, 1745 in Munich) a member of the Wittelsbach Upper Austria (Oberösterreich Horní Rakousko is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the
• 1777 - The United States Congress passes a resolution that the 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. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "
• 1790 - First U.S. patent is issued; granted to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an Samuel Hopkins ( December 9, 1743 – 1818) was an American Inventor from Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
• 1856 - Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
• 1865 - The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Grandchester is a town in the Lockyer Valley region in South East Queensland, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• 1913 - The Balkan States signs an armistice at Bucharest. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania.
• 1917 - The Third Battle of Ypres starts in Flanders. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year "Passchendaele" redirects here For the 2008 film by that name see Passchendaele (film The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, also known as Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
• 1919 - German national assembly adopts the Weimar constitution (to come into force on August 14)
• 1930 - The radio mystery program The Shadow is aired for the first time. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Reichstag ( German for "Imperial Diet " was the Parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, For a detailed discussion of the English translation of Reich, see Reich. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio.
• 1932 - The NSDAP wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 The 7th German federal election of July 1932, under the Weimar Republic, saw the Nazis become the biggest party in the Reichstag, although
• 1936 - The International Olympic Committee announces that the 1940 Summer Olympics will to be held in Tokyo. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The anticipated 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad and originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6 officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. However, the games are given back to the IOC after the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out, and are eventually cancelled altogether because of World War II. The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
• 1938 - Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanta (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia)
• 1940 - A doodlebug train in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio collides with a multi-car freight train heading the opposite way, killing 43 people. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the United States, doodlebug was the common name for a self-propelled Railroad car (multiple unit Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
• 1941 - Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, 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. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also spelled Goering) (12 January 1893 15 October 1946 was a German Politician, Military leader and a leading member The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( 7 March 1904 &ndash 4 June 1942) was an SS - Obergruppenführer, chief The Final Solution ( Die Endlösung) was Nazi Germany 's plan and execution of its systematic Genocide against European Jewry during World PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ "
• 1945 - Pierre Laval, fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Pierre Laval (28 June 1883 15 October 1945 was a French Politician and statesman who led the Vichy government during World War II, and Vichy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944 In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich
• 1945 - John K. Giles attempts to escape from Alcatraz prison. For the Republic of Ireland footballer see Johnny Giles. John Knight Giles ( February 16, 1895 – February Alcatraz Island, sometimes informally referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as the Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay
• 1948 - At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous John F Kennedy International Airport is an International airport located in Queens County on Long Island in southeastern New York City about 12 miles (19
• 1951 - Japan Airlines is established. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January ( or JAL, is an airline of Japan It is one of the largest Airline operators in Asia.
• 1954 - First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) K2 is the second- highest Mountain on Earth (after Mount Everest) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Count Ardito Desio ( April 18, 1897 &ndash December 12, 2001) was an Italian explorer, Mountain climber
• 1956 - Jim Laker sets an extraordinary record at Old Trafford in the fourth Test of taking nineteen wickets in a first-class match (the previous best was seventeen). Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Charles Laker ( February 9 1922 &ndash April 23 1986) was a Cricketer who played for England in the 1950s most famous The Old Trafford Cricket Ground, usually known as simply Old Trafford, is a Cricket ground situated on Talbot Road in Old Trafford, an area of Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by
• 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 because of rain. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An all-star game is an Exhibition game played by the best players in their Sports league. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each
• 1964 - Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The Ranger program was a series of Unmanned space missions by the United States in the 1960s whose objective was to obtain the first close-up images of the surface Ranger 7 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of Electromagnetic radiation.
• 1970 - Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rum is a Distilled beverage made from Sugarcane by-products such as Molasses and sugarcane Juice by a process of fermentation The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service)
• 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV or lunar rover was a type of surface exploration rover used on the Moon during the Apollo program.
• 1972 - Northeast Airlines flies its last flight before being integrated into Delta Air Lines the next day. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Northeast Airlines was an American airline based in Boston, Massachusetts. Delta Air Lines Inc ( is a United States Airline based and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1973 - A Delta Air Lines jetliner crashes while landing in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Delta Air Lines Inc ( is a United States Airline based and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1975 - In Detroit, Michigan, Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. TemplateInfobox Union for usage-->The International Brotherhood of Teamsters ( IBT) formerly known by the President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. James Riddle ("Jimmy" Hoffa ( February 14, 1913 - disappeared July 30, 1975, exact
• 1976 - Viking program: Viking 1 - NASA releases the famous Face on Mars photo. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. NASA 's Viking program consisted of a pair of space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2. Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft sent to Mars as part of NASA 's Viking program, and holds the record for the longest Mars surface mission The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Cydonia Mensae is an Albedo feature (region on the planet Mars ( named after a historic city state in Crete)
• 1981 - General Omar Torrijos of Panama dies in a plane crash. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera ( February 13, 1929 – August 1, 1981) was the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America.
• 1981 - 42-day strike of Major League Baseball ends in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1987 - A rare, class F-4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta.
• 1988 - 32 people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Malaysia. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapse occurred on July 31, 1988 at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal in Butterworth, Butterworth (population 108000 is the principal town of Province Wellesley ( Malay: Seberang Perai) in the state of Penang in Malaysia For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and
• 1991 - The Medininkai Massacre in Lithuania. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Soviet OMON attacks Lithuanian customs post in Medininkai and kills 7 officers, 1 of severely wounded (after a head shot) becomes disabled. OMON (Отряд милиции особого назначения Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniya, Special Purpose Police Squad is a generic name for the system of special Medininkai (Miedniki Królewskie is a village and commune in Lithuania, 26km from Vilnius and 2km from the Lithuanian-Belarusian border
• 1992 - A Thai Airways Airbus A300-310 crashes into mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing 113. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (การบินไทย ( SET: THAI is the national air carrier of Thailand, operating out WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Kathmandu (काठमांडौ येँ is the Capital and the largest city of Nepal. Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia.
• 1996 - MIL-STD-1750A is declared inactive for use in new designs. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) MIL-STD-1750A or 1750A is the formal definition of a 16-bit computer Instruction Set Architecture (ISA including both required and optional components as described
• 1999 - Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector - NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) NASA 's Discovery Program is a series of lower-cost highly focused scientific space missions The Lunar Prospector mission was the third selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life.
• 2006 - Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Castro. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born June 3 1931 is the President of the Cuban Council of State and the Head of state of Cuba. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana [La Pequeña Habana in Spanish], Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated. Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana is a neighborhood and former Census-designated place in the city of Miami, with many Cuban immigrant Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the A Cuban American ( Cubanoamericano) is a United States citizen who traces his or her "national origin" to Cuba.
• 2007 - Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end at midnight. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces ' campaign in Northern Ireland between August 1969 and July 2007 The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of

Births

• 1143 - Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. Emperor Nijō (二条天皇 Nijō-tennō) ( July 31, 1143 &ndash September 5, 1165) was the 78th emperor of 1165)
• 1396 - Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (d. Philip the Good (Philippe le Bon also Philip III Duke of Burgundy ( July 31, 1396 &ndash June 15, 1467) was Duke of Burgundy 1467)
• 1527 - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. Maximilian II ( July 31, 1527 &ndash October 12, 1576) was king of Bohemia from 1562 king of Hungary and Croatia 1576)
• 1598 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. Alessandro Algardi (July 31 1598 &ndash June 10 1654 was an Italian high- Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter 1654)
• 1702 - Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jean Denis Attiret ( July 31, 1702 in Dole, France &ndash December 8, 1768 in Beijing, China) was 1768)
• 1704 - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (d. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Gabriel Cramer ( July 31, 1704 - January 4, 1752) was a Swiss Mathematician, born in Geneva. 1752)
• 1718 - John Canton, English physicist (d. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Canton ( July 31, 1718 &ndash March 22, 1772) was an English Physicist. 1772)
• 1724 - Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Noël François de Wailly ( July 31, 1724 &ndash April 7, 1801) French Grammarian and Lexicographer, was born 1801)
• 1737 - Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (d. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Princess Augusta (Augusta Frederica 31 August 1737 – 23 March 1813) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of 1813)
• 1803 - John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (d. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This article is about John Ericsson the Swedish-American inventor 1889)
• 1816 - George Henry Thomas, American general (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year George Henry Thomas ( July 31, 1816 &ndash March 28, 1870) was a career United States Army officer and a Union 1870)
• 1825 - William S. Clark, American senator and scholar (d. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Smith Clark ( July 31, 1826 – March 9, 1886) was a Professor, Massachusetts State Senator, third president 1886)
• 1835 - Henri Brisson, French statesman (d. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Eugène Henri Brisson (31 July 1835 14 April 1912 was a French statesman Prime minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898 1912)
• 1835 - Paul du Chaillu, French explorer (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Paul Belloni du Chaillu ( July 31, 1835 &ndash April 29, 1903) was a French-American traveler and Anthropologist. 1903)
• 1837 - William Quantrill, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Clarke Quantrill ( July 31 1837 &ndash June 6 1865) was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South 1865)
• 1843 - Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Peter Rosegger ( 31 July 1843 - 26 June 1918) was an Austrian Poet from the province of Styria. 1918)
• 1858 - Richard Dixon Oldham, British geologist (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Richard Dixon Oldham ( July 31, 1858 &ndash July 15, 1936) was an Irish geologist who in 1906 argued that the Earth 1936)
• 1860 - Mary Vaux Walcott, American artist and naturalist (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Mary Morris Vaux Walcott ( July 31, 1860 &ndash August 22, 1940) was an American artist and naturalist known for her watercolor paintings 1940)
• 1867 - Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant and philanthropist (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 1966)
• 1880 - Munshi Premchand, Indian poet
• 1883 - Fred Quimby, American film producer (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common __forcetoc__ Frederick C "Fred" Quimby ( July 31, 1883 &ndash September 16 1965) was the producer in charge of the 1965)
• 1884 - Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Carl Friedrich Goerdeler ( July 31, 1884 &ndash February 2, 1945) was a conservative German Politician 1945)
• 1887 - Hans Freyer, German sociologist (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hans Freyer, born July 31 1887 in Leipzig, died January 18 1969 in Ebersteinburg near Baden-Baden, was a 1969)
• 1892 - Joseph Charbonneau, French-Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Joseph Charbonneau, ( July 31, 1892 &mdash November 19, 1959) was a Canadian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church 1959)
• 1894 - Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Frederick Charles 'Fred' Keenor (born 31 July, 1894 in Cardiff, died 1972 was a Welsh professional Football player best known for 1972)
• 1901 - Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet ( July 31, 1901 - May 12, 1985) was one of the most famous French painters and sculptors 1985)
• 1904 - Brett Halliday, American writer (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Brett Halliday ( July 31, 1904 - February 4, 1977) primary Pen name of Davis Dresser, was an American mystery 1977)
• 1911 - George Liberace, American musician (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year George Liberace ( July 31, 1911 – October 16, 1983) was an American Musician and Television performer 1983)
• 1912 - Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting William "Bill" Alfred Brown OAM (31 July 1912 &ndash 16 March 2008 was an Australian Cricketer who played 22 Tests between 1934 and 1948 2008)
• 1912 - Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Milton Friedman (July 31 1912 November 16 2006 was an American Nobel Laureate Economist and Public intellectual. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 2006)
• 1912 - Irv Kupcinet, American newspaper columnist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Irv Kupcinet ( July 31, 1912 – November 10, 2003) was an American newspaper columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times 2003)
• 1913 - Bryan Hextall, Canadian hockey player (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bryan Aldwyn Hextall ( July 31, 1913 in Grenfell, Saskatchewan - July 25, 1984) was a Canadian professional 1984)
• 1914 - Louis de Funès, French actor and comedian (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (fyˈnɛs ( July 31 1914 &ndash January 27 1983) was a French Actor who 1983)
• 1916 - Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player and official (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year William Clyde "Billy" Hitchcock ( July 31 1916 &ndash April 9 2006) was an American Infielder, coach 2006)
• 1916 - Bill Todman, American game show producer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. William (Wilbur S "Bill" Todman ( July 31, 1916 &ndash July 29, 1979) was an American 1979)
• 1916 - Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist
• 1918 - Paul D. Boyer, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1918 - Hank Jones, American pianist
• 1919 - Curt Gowdy, American sports announcer (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Syed Sibt-e-Hasan ( Urdu: سید سبط حسن) (b 1916 - d 1986 was an eminent scholar journalist and activist of Pakistan. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paul Delos Boyer (born July 31, 1918) is an American Biochemist. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Henry "Hank" Jones (born July 31, 1918) is an American Jazz Pianist, Bandleader, and Composer Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Curtis Edward Gowdy ( July 31 1919 – February 20 2006) was an American Sportscaster, well-known as the longtime "voice" 2006)
• 1919 - Primo Levi, Italian author and chemist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Primo Michele Levi ( July 31, 1919 &ndash April 11, 1987) was a Jewish Italian Chemist, Holocaust survivor 1987)
• 1920 - James Esdras Faust, American religious leader (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar James Esdras Faust (July 31 1920 &ndash August 10 2007 was an American religious leader Lawyer, and Politician. 2007)
• 1921 - Whitney Young, American civil rights activist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Whitney Moore Young Jr ( July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was an African-American Civil rights leader 1971)
• 1921 - Peter Benenson, British founder of Amnesty International (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Peter Benenson ( July 31 1921 &ndash February 25 2005) was an English lawyer and the founder of Human rights group Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to 2005)
• 1923 - Ahmet Ertegün, Turkish-born record company executive (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ahmet Ertegün ( July 31, 1923 &ndash December 14, 2006) was the Turkish American co-founder and executive of Atlantic 2006)
• 1923 - Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach and father of Chris Evert
• 1926 - Hilary Putnam, American philosopher
• 1929 - Don Murray, American actor
• 1929 - José Santamaria, Uruguayan footballer
• 1929 - Lynne Reid Banks, British author
• 1930 - Oleg Popov, Russian clown
• 1931 - Kenny Burrell, American guitarist
• 1931 - Nick Bollettieri, American tennis coach
• 1932 - Ted Cassidy, American actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. James Evert (born 31 July 1923 in Chicago, Illinois) is former American Tennis player and the father of Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert (Evert-Lloyd 1979–1987 (born December 21, 1954) is a former World No Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hilary Whitehall Putnam (born July 31 1926 is an American Philosopher who has been a central figure in Western philosophy since the 1960s especially in Philosophy Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Murray (born Donald Patrick Murray on July 31, 1929, in Hollywood California) is an American actor José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias (born 31 July 1929 is an Spanish - Uruguayan former football player and coach Lynne Reid Banks (born 31 July 1929) is a British author of books for children and adults Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oleg Konstantinovich Popov (Олег Константинович Попов is an extremely famous Russian Clown and Circus artist Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell (born July 31 1931) is an American Jazz Guitarist. Nicholas James Bollettieri (b July 31, 1931 in Pelham New York) is an American Tennis coach who is credited with developing Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Theodore Crawford Cassidy ( July 31, 1932 - January 16, 1979) known as Ted Cassidy, was a well known American 1979)
• 1932 - John Searle, American philosopher
• 1933 - Cees Nooteboom, Dutch writer
• 1935 - Yvon Deschamps, French-Canadian author and humorist
• 1935 - Geoffrey Lewis, American actor
• 1936 - Vic Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1939 - France Nuyen, French actress
• 1941 - Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician
• 1943 - William Bennett, 3^rd United States Secretary of Education
• 1943 - Susan Flannery, American actress
• 1943 - Lobo, American singer and songwriter
• 1943 - Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor
• 1944 - Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
• 1944 - Jonathan Dimbleby, British journalist and television presenter
• 1944 - Robert C. Merton, American mathematician
• 1945 - Gary Lewis, American vocalist (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
• 1945 - William Weld, 68^th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1946 - Bob Welch, American musician
• 1946 - Karen Zerby, American religious leader
• 1950 - Lane Davies, American actor
• 1950 - Steve Miller, American writer
• 1951 - Evonne Goolagong, Australian tennis player
• 1951 - Barry Van Dyke, American actor
• 1952 - Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
• 1952 - Alan Autry, American football player and politician
• 1952 - Helmuts Balderis, Latvian hockey player
• 1952 - João Barreiros, Portuguese writer
• 1953 - Ted Baillieu, Australian Politician
• 1953 - James Read, American actor
• 1954 - Derek Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 - Michael Biehn, American actor
• 1956 - Deval Patrick, (71^st) Governor of Massachusetts
• 1956 - Bill Callahan, American football coach
• 1957 - Daniel Ash, British musician (Bauhaus)
• 1957 - Leon Durham, American baseball player
• 1957 - Dirk Blocker, American actor
• 1958 - Bill Berry, American drummer (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 - John Chiang, American politician
• 1962 - Kevin Greene, American football player
• 1962 - Wesley Snipes, American actor
• 1963 - Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 - Fatboy Slim, British musician
• 1964 - Jim Corr, Irish singer and musician (The Corrs)
• 1965 - Scott Brooks, American basketball player
• 1965 - John Laurinaitis, American professional wrestler
• 1965 - J. K. Rowling, British writer
• 1966 - Dean Cain, American actor
• 1967 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) John Rogers Searle (born July 31 1932 in Denver Colorado) is an American Philosopher and the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cees Nooteboom, born Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom July 31, 1933, in the Hague) is a Dutch author Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yvon Deschamps (born July 31, 1935 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian ( Québécois) Author, Actor Geoffrey Lewis (born July 31, 1935) is an American Character actor. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vic Davalillo, born Víctor José Davalillo Romero ( July 31, 1936 in Cabimas Zulia State) is a Venezuelan Baseball Player Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. France Nuyen (born 31 July 1939) is a French actress. Biography Nguyen was born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amarsinh Chaudhary ( July 31, 1941, Surat, Gujarat, India – August 15, 2004 Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William John Bennett (born July 3, 1943) is an American Neoconservative Pundit, Politician, and Political The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. Susan Flannery (born July 31, 1943) is a Golden Globe - and four time Emmy Award -winning American Soap opera actress This article is about the american singer For the Dutch singer called Lobo see Imrich Lobo. Sab Shimono (born July 31, 1943) is an American Actor. He has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows in character roles ranging from Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award -nominated actress and the daughter of Charlie Jonathan Dimbleby, (born 31 July 1944, Aylesbury) is a British presenter of current affairs and Political Radio and Robert Cox Merton (born 31 July 1944) is an American economist and Nobel laureate in economics Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Gary Lewis (born Gary Harold Lee Levitch, July 31 1945) is an American Musician, who performed in the band Gary Lewis & the Playboys Gary Lewis and the Playboys were a 1960s pop group fronted by Gary Lewis, son of Comedian Jerry Lewis. William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945, in Smithtown New York) was the Republican Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bob Welch (born July 31, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is a former member of Fleetwood Mac, who had a briefly successful solo Karen Elva Zerby (born in Camden New Jersey, United States on 31 July, 1946) is the current leader of the group formerly called the Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lane Davies (born July 31, 1950) is an American Actor. Personal life Davies was born in Dalton Georgia, the son of Steve Miller (born July 31 1950 in Baltimore Maryland, US) is the grandson of poet and WBAL radio personality Dorothea Neale. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE (born 31 July 1951 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia is a former World No Barry Van Dyke (born July 31, 1951) is an American Actor and the second son of actor and Entertainer, Dick Van Dyke, and Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chris Ahrens (born July 31, 1952 in San Bernardino, California) is a retired American professional Ice hockey defenceman Carlos Alan Autry (born July 31 1952 is an American actor politician and former National Football League (NFL football player Helmuts Balderis-Sildedzis (born July 31, 1952 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR (now Latvia) is a retired Latvian João Manuel Rosado Barreiros (born July 31, 1952) also known by the Pseudonym José de Barros, is a Portuguese Science fiction Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Norman (Ted Baillieu (born 31 July 1953) is an Australian politician James Christopher Read (born July 31, 1953) is an American Actor. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Derek Smith (b July 31 1954 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a former Buffalo Sabres player that was drafted by the Sabres in 1974 Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Connell Biehn (born July 31, 1956) is an American Actor. The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. Bill Callahan (born July 31 1956 in Chicago Illinois) is the Assistant Head Coach/Offense for the New York Jets. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Ash (born 31 July, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a textural Guitarist for Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978 Leon Durham (born July 31, 1957 in Cincinnati Ohio) is a former first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for 10 seasons Dennis Dirk Blocker (born July 31, 1957) is an American actor Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William "Bill" Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist best known as the Drummer in Alternative REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958 in Pittsburgh). He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA Basketball team, Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanley Jordan ( July 31, 1959) is an American Jazz / Jazz fusion Guitarist, best known for his development of the touch Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dale Robert Hunter (born July 31 1960 in Petrolia, Ontario) is a former Canadian Ice hockey player and current co-owner and Head coach Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Chiang ( 江[[wikt 俊|俊]] 輝; Pinyin: Jiāng Jùnhuī (born July 31, 1962 in New York City) is a Democratic Kevin Darwin Greene (born July 31, 1962 in Schenectady New York) is a former American football Linebacker who played in the Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American Actor, Film producer, and Martial artist. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brian Skrudland (born July 31, 1963 in Peace River, Alberta) is a retired former professional Ice hockey player Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Jim Corr MBE (born July 31 1964) is the guitarist for the Irish folk rock band The Corrs. The Corrs are a Celtic Folk rock group from Dundalk, County Louth Ireland. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Scott William Brooks (born July 31 1965 in French Camp California) is a retired American professional Basketball player John Laurinaitis (born July 31, 1965) is an executive with World Wrestling Entertainment. Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Dean George Cain (born July 31 1966) is an American actor most notable for his role as Clark Kent / Superman in the American Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. born Minako Kudo (工藤 美奈子 Kudō Minako, July 31, 1967 - November 6, 2005) was a Japanese "idol" 2005)
• 1967 - Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese seiyū
• 1969 - David Cash, American professional wrestler
• 1969 - Loren Dean, American actor
• 1969 - Kenneth D. Schisler, American politician
• 1970 - Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian writer
• 1971 - Gus Frerotte, American football player
• 1971 - John Lowery, American guitarist
• 1973 - Chandra North, American supermodel
• 1973 - Nathan Brown, Australian rugby league player
• 1974 - Emilia Fox, English actress
• 1974 - Jonathan Ogden, American football player
• 1975 - Bloodshed American rapper (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mitsuo Iwata (岩田 光央 Iwata Mitsuo, born July 31, 1967) is a Seiyū who was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama. A is a Japanese vocal actor Seiyū work in Radio, Television, and movies; they perform voice-overs for non-Japanese movies they provide narration and they Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Cash (born July 31 1969) better known by his Ring name Kid Kash, is an American professional wrestler known for his Loren Dean Jovicic (born July 31 1969 is an award-winning American Actor. Kenneth D Schisler (born July 31 1969 is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ahmad Akbarpour (, born ( July 31 1970 in Lamerd Shiraz, is Novelist and author of short-stories and children books Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Gustave Joseph "Gus" Frerotte (fur-RAHT (born July 31, 1971 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania) is an American football Quarterback John 5, born John William Lowery in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, on July 31 1971 is an American Guitarist. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Chandra North (born July 31, 1973 in Dallas Texas, USA is an American model. Nathan Brown is a former Rugby league player and currently the coach of the St George Illawarra Dragons which compete in the National Rugby League. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox (born 31 July 1974) is an award-winning English actress. Jonathan Phillip Ogden (born July 31, 1974 in Washington DC) is a retired American football Offensive tackle who formerly played Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1997)
• 1975 - Randy Flores, American baseball player
• 1975 - Simon Hirst, British radio DJ
• 1975 - Mike Lincoln, American baseball player
• 1975 - Allan von Schenkel, American musician
• 1976 - Joshua Cain, American guitarist (Motion City Soundtrack)
• 1976 - Annie Parisse, American actress
• 1976 - Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer
• 1977 - Tim Couch, American football player
• 1978 - Will Champion, English drummer (Coldplay)
• 1978 - Zeta Makripoulia, Greek actress, model and TV presenter
• 1978 - Justin Wilson, English race car driver
• 1979 - J. J. Furmaniak, American baseball player
• 1979 - Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer
• 1979 - Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer
• 1979 - Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer
• 1979 - B. J. Novak, American actor
• 1980 - Mils Muliaina, New Zealand and Waikato rugby player
• 1981 - Eric Lively, American actor
• 1981 - J.Son Dinant, American comedian
• 1981 - Ira Losco, Maltese singer
• 1981 - Matthew Sanders, American singer (Avenged Sevenfold)
• 1982 - Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1984 - Glenn Holt, American football player
• 1986 - Evgeni Malkin, Russian hockey player
• 1987 - Michael Bradley, American soccer player
• 1987 - Brittany Byrnes, Australian Actress
• 1989 - Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
• 1990 - Olga Galchenko, Russian juggler

Deaths

• 855 - Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Randy Alan Flores (born July 31, 1975 in Bellflower California) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher for the St Simon Hirst (born Simon Neil Hirst in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, 31 July 1975, known often as Hirsty) is Michael George Lincoln (born July 31, 1975 in) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. Allan von Schenkel (born July 31, 1975) is an American Double bassist Performance artist Music promoter, and composer Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joshua Allen Cain (born July 31, 1976) is a Guitarist and Record producer from Saint Paul Minnesota. Motion City Soundtrack is a rock band based in America. The band formed in Minneapolis Minnesota, in 1997 with only two of the founding members still Anne Marie Cancelmi (born July 31, 1976) known as Annie Parisse, is an American television and theater actress, known for playing Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson (ˈpaulo ɰanˈt̪ʃope(born July 31, 1976 in Heredia), also known as "Chope" or as "La Cobra" in Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Timothy Scott Couch (born July 31, 1977 in Hyden Kentucky) is an American football Quarterback who is currently a free agent Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) William " Will " Champion (born 31 July 1978 is the Drummer of the band Coldplay. Coldplay TalkColdplay#Is_or_Are_dispute_again Zeta Makrypoulia ( Greek: Ζέτα Μακρυπούλια 31 July, 1978) born in Athens, is a Greek Justin Wilson (born 31 July, 1978 in Sheffield) is a British racing driver from England who currently competes in the IndyCar Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Jason Joseph Furmaniak (Born July 31, 1979 in Naperville, Illinois) is a professional Baseball player for the Yokohama BayStars Per Billeskov Krøldrup (born July 31, 1979 in Farsø) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a central defender Jade Kwan is a Cantopop singer in Hong Kong. About Jade Kwan entered the New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 1999 (新秀歌唱大賽溫哥華選拔賽 Carlos Marchena López, known as Marchena (born 31 July 1979 in Seville) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) better known as B Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Junior Malili Muliaina (born 31 July 1980) better known as Mils Muliana, is an international Rugby union player for the New Zealand All Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Eric Lawrence Lively (born July 31 1981) is an American Actor. Jason "JSon" Dinant (born July 31, 1981) is an American Comedian, Actor and Reality TV personality best known Ira Losco is a singer born 31 July 1981 in Sliema, Malta.With a string of number 1 singles and albums Ira Losco is one of the best selling Matthew Charles Sanders, better known by his stage name M Shadows (born July 31, 1981) in Huntington Beach California) is the Vocalist Avenged Sevenfold is an American Hard rock band formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach California. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Ngonidzashe Blessing Mahwire (born July 31 1982 in Bikita, Masvingo) is a Zimbabwean Cricketer who plays First-class cricket Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Glenn Holt (born July 31, 1984) is a Wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin (Евгений Влади́мирович Малкин Jevgenij Vladimirovich Malkin, also popularly known as "Geno", Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Michael Bradley (born July 31, 1987) is an American soccer player who currently plays as an attacking Midfielder for Borussia Monchengladbach Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Brittany Anne Byrnes (born 31 July, 1987) is an Australian actress Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Victoria Azarenka ( Belarusian: Вікторыя Азарэнка Азаранка, Russian: Виктория Азаренко; born Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Vladimir (born September 15, 1987) known as Vova, and Olga Galchenko (born July 31, 1990) are a brother and sister Events By Place Europe Louis II succeeds Lothar as Western Emperor Ahmed ibn Hanbal ( Arabic: ‏‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎أحمد بن حنبل‏‎‎‎‏‎‎‎ ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ Ahmad bin Hanbal) (780 - 780)
• 1396 - William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Constantine VI becomes Byzantine Emperor with Irene as guardian William Courtenay (c 1342 &ndash 31 July 1396 English prelate was Archbishop of Canterbury, having previously been Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the 1342)
• 1508 - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. Na'od was {{IPA|nəgusä nägäst}} ( 1494 - 31 July 1508) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty The Emperor ( Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት nəgusä nägäst " King of Kings " of Ethiopia was the hereditary 1494)
• 1556 - Ignatius Loyola, Spanish priest and founder of the Jesuits
• 1653 - Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. Saint Ignatius redirects here for other Saints see Ignatius. Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Íñigo Oñaz López de Loyola Thomas Dudley ( October 12, 1576 July 31, 1653) was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts 1576)
• 1726 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Nicolaus II Bernoulli, aka Niklaus Bernoulli, Nikolaus Bernoulli, ( February 6 1695, Basel, Switzerland – July 1695)
• 1750 - King John V of Portugal (b. Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ancestry Marriages and descendants John married Mary Anne of Austria, daughter of Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor in 1708 1689)
• 1784 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (b. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Denis Diderot ( October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a French Philosopher and writer 1713)
• 1864 - Louis Hachette, French publisher (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Louis Christophe François Hachette ( May 5, 1800 - July 31, 1864) was a French Publisher. 1800)
• 1875 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (b. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Andrew Johnson (December 29 1808 – July 31 1875 was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865-69 succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1808)
• 1886 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (b. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1811)
• 1914 - Jean Jaurès, French politician (d. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jean Léon Jaurès (full name Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès; 3 September 1859 31 July 1914) was a French 1859)
• 1917 - Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Francis Ledwidge (19 August 1887 - 31 July 1917 was an Irish Poet from County Meath, sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds" killed 1881)
• 1917 - Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans), Welsh poet (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Hedd Wyn ( 13 January 1887 &ndash 31 July 1917) was a Merionethshire farmer and Welsh language Poet of World 1887)
• 1944 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot and writer (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Antoine de Saint Exupéry (ɑ̃twan də sɛ̃tɛgzypeˈʀi ( June 29, 1900 — July 31, 1944) was a French Writer and 1900)
• 1953 - Robert Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio and Presidential candidate (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Alphonso Taft ( September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953) of the Taft political family of Ohio, was a Republican These are complete tables of congressional delegations from Ohio to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. 1889)
• 1943 - Hedley Verity, English Test cricketer (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hedley Verity ( born 18 May 1905 in Headingley, Leeds, died in Caserta, Italy 31 July 1943, of wounds 1905)
• 1954 - Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Onofre Agustín Marimón ( December 23, 1923 - July 31, 1954) was a Racing driver from Zárate, Buenos Aires, 1923)
• 1964 - Jim Reeves, American singer (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. James Travis "Jim" Reeves ( August 20 1923 &ndash July 31 1964) was an American country and Pop singer 1923)
• 1966 - Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell ( September 27[[ 924]] &ndash July 31[[ 966]] in New York City) was an American Jazz pianist, usually considered 1924)
• 1972 - Paul-Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Henri Charles Spaak (25 January 1899 - 31 July 1972 was a Belgian Socialist Politician and Statesman. This is a list of Prime Ministers of Belgium, known regionally as Premier Ministre in French, Eerste Minister in Dutch, 1899)
• 1980 - Pascual Jordan, German physicist (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Pascual Jordan (b October 18, 1902 in Hanover, Germany; d July 31, 1980 in Hamburg, Federal Republic 1902)
• 1980 - Mohd. Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Mohammed Rafi (Hindi मोहम्मद रफ़ी Urdu محمد رفیع December 24, 1924 – July 31, 1980) was a popular Indian 1924)
• 1986 - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Early life Chiune Sugihara was born January 1, 1900, in Yaotsu, a rural area in Gifu Prefecture of the Chūbu region in 1900)
• 1986 - Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Theodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson ( November 24 1912 &ndash July 31 1986) was a jazz pianist from the United States 1912)
• 1988 - Trinidad Silva, American actor (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Trinidad Silva Jr ( 30 January 1950 - 31 July 1988) was an American actor who played small supporting roles in a number of films of the 1980s 1950)
• 1990 - Albert Leduc, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Albert "Battleship" Leduc ( November 22, 1902 in Valleyfield, Quebec – July 31, 1990 in Montreal, 1902)
• 1993 - King Baudouin I of Belgium (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Baudouin I (Baudouin Albert Charles Léopold Axel Marie Gustave or Dutch: Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf ( 7 September 1930 – 1930)
• 1996 - Seagram Miller, American gangsta rapper (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Seagram Miller (1970 - July 31st 1996 was a West Coast gangster rapper from Oakland California. 1970)
• 2001 - Poul Anderson, American author (b. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Poul William Anderson ( November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American Science fiction author who wrote during a Golden 1926)
• 2001 - Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16^th President of Portugal (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ancestors has been a Republic since 1910 the Head of state being the President, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ( Presidente da 1914)
• 2001 - Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Friedrich Franz Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Friedrich Franz Erbgroßherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 22 April 1910 31 July 2001 1910)
• 2003 - Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Guido Crepax (born Guido Crepas, Milan, July 15, 1933 - July 31, 2003) was an Italian comics artist 1933)
• 2004 - Virginia Grey, American actress (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Virginia Grey ( March 22, 1917 - July 31, 2004) was an American actress 1917)
• 2004 - Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Laura Betti ( May 1, 1927 - July 31, 2004) was an Italian actress. 1927)
• 2005 - Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Willem Frederik Duisenberg, commonly known as Wim Duisenberg, (9 July 1935 &ndash 31 July 2005 was a Dutch Banker and Politician. 1935)
• 2006 - Paul Eells, "Voice of the Arkansas Razorbacks" sportscaster (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Eells ( September 24 1935 &ndash July 31 2006) was an American Sportscaster. 1935)

Holidays and observances

• Hari Pahlawan - Malaysian warrior's day. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hari Pahlawan (Malay Heroes Day) is a Malaysian Remembrance Day which is celebrated on 31 July every year before Hari Merdeka on 31 August For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and
• Ka Hae Hawai‘i - Hawaiian Flag Day. The flag of Hawaii ( Hawaiian: Ka Hae Hawaii) is the official standard symbolizing Hawaii as a U The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the A flag day is a Flag -related holiday—either a day designated for flying a certain flag (such as a National flag) or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event

Roman Catholicism

• Saint Germanus (died 448), bishop of Auxerre, confessor [Bruges; Paris]
• Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Germanus of Auxerre (c 378– 31 July, 448) was a Bishop of Auxerre in Gaul. The bishopric of Auxerre is a former French Roman Catholic diocese now a Titular see. Saint Ignatius redirects here for other Saints see Ignatius. Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Íñigo Oñaz López de Loyola The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order

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