Historical Events In July - 31

1944  Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz on July - 31.   

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 July - 31.   

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

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  Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman on this day in history.   

1951  Japan Airlines is established on July - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1954  K2 summit reached for the first time by an Italian team on July - 31.   

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

1955  Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

1958  Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet on July - 31.   

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

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

1960  On July - 31 malayan Emergency ends   

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

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

1962  On this day in history federation of Malaysia formed   

1964  Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor on this day in history.   

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 July - 31.   

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

1964  On this day in history jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39   

1965  On this day in history james Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75   

1966  On this day in history alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark   

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

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

1967  On this day in history mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81   

1968  On July - 31 beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on this day in history.   

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon was born on July - 31.   

1527  On July - 31 birth of maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1508  Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) on July - 31.   

1556  Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1566  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1648  Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on July - 31.   

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