Page 6: Historical Events In July - 31

1944  On July - 31 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 this day in history.   

1948  On July - 31 pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY   

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

1948  On July - 31 maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70   

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

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

1951  On July - 31 japan Airlines is established.   

1951  J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies on July - 31.   

1952  N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies on this day in history.   

1953  Dept of Health, Education & Welfare created on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63   

1954  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1955  Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open on July - 31.   

1956  On this day in history laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match   

1958  Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet on this day in history.   

1959  On July - 31 1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens   

1960  Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state on July - 31.   

1960  On this day in history malayan Emergency ends   

1960  On this day in history karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77   

1962  On July - 31 australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam   

1962  Federation of Malaysia formed on this day in history.   

1964  Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor on July - 31.   

1964  On July - 31 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.   

1964  On this day in history uS Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon   

1964  On July - 31 jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39   

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 this day in history.   

1966  Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas on July - 31.   

1966  Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1968  On this day in history beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free   

1968  Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 on July - 31.   

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1143  On July - 31 birth of emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)   

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

1443  On July - 31 birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon   

1527  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) was born on July - 31.   

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster was born on July - 31.   

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1597  On July - 31 birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1598  On July - 31 birth of alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)   

0855  Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on July - 31.   

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on July - 31.   

1396  On this day in history death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)   

1508  On July - 31 death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)   

1556  On July - 31 ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65   

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  On this day in history death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)