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 July - 31.   

1948  On July - 31 "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 581 performances   

1948  On this day in history maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70   

1949  Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman on this day in history.   

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

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  Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63 on this day in history.   

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 July - 31.   

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

1956  Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match on July - 31.   

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

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

1960  On this day in history elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state   

1960  On this day in history malayan Emergency ends   

1960  On July - 31 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  On July - 31 al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor   

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

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 July - 31 alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87   

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  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  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  On this day in history birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster   

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on July - 31.   

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  Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)