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  "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 581 performances on July - 31.   

1948  Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 July - 31.   

1951  On July - 31 japan Airlines is established.   

1951  On this day in history j of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies   

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

1953  On July - 31 dept of Health, Education & Welfare created   

1953  Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63 on July - 31.   

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  On July - 31 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  On July - 31 anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet   

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

1960  On this day in history 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 July - 31.   

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  US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon on July - 31.   

1964  On July - 31 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  Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark on July - 31.   

1966  Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas on this day in history.   

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

1967  Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81 on July - 31.   

1968  Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free on this day in history.   

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 July - 31.   

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on July - 31.   

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

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

1550  On July - 31 birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster   

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

1597  On this day in history birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

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

1358  On this day in history etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies   

1396  Death of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 July - 31.