Page 6: Historical Events In July - 31

1944  On this day in history last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz   

1945  Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria on July - 31.   

1948  Pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 581 performances   

1948  Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70 on July - 31.   

1949  Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman on July - 31.   

1949  On July - 31 lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman   

1951  On this day in history japan Airlines is established.   

1951  On July - 31 j of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies   

1952  N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies on July - 31.   

1953  Dept of Health, Education & Welfare created on July - 31.   

1953  On July - 31 robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63   

1954  On July - 31 k2 summit reached for the first time by an Italian team   

1954  Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double) on July - 31.   

1955  On this day in history beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open   

1956  On July - 31 laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match   

1958  On this day in history anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet   

1959  On this day in history 1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens   

1960  On July - 31 elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state   

1960  On July - 31 malayan Emergency ends   

1960  On July - 31 karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77   

1962  Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam on July - 31.   

1962  Federation of Malaysia formed on this day in history.   

1964  On July - 31 al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor   

1964  All-nuclear task force with USS Long Beach, USS Enterprise, and USS Bainbridge leaves Norfolk, VA to begin voyage, Operation Sea Orbit, to circle the globe without refueling. They returned on 3 October on this day in history.   

1964  On July - 31 uS Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon   

1964  Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39 on this day in history.   

1965  On July - 31 james Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75   

1966  Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark on July - 31.   

1966  On this day in history charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas   

1966  On this day in history alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87   

1967  Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1968  Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free on July - 31.   

1968  Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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1143  Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) was born on this day in history.   

1396  On this day in history birth of philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count   

1443  On this day in history birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon   

1527  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) was born on this day in history.   

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster was born on this day in history.   

1578  On July - 31 birth of catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1597  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on July - 31.   

0855  On July - 31 death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)   

1358  On July - 31 etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies   

1396  On July - 31 death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)   

1508  On this day in history death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)   

1556  Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on July - 31.   

1566  On this day in history bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92   

1648  On July - 31 benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

1653  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on this day in history.