Page 6: Historical Events In July - 31

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

1945  On this day in history pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.   

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

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

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

1949  On this day in history lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman   

1949  On this day in history lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman   

1951  Japan Airlines is established on this day in history.   

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

1958  On July - 31 anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet   

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 July - 31 karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77   

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

1962  On July - 31 federation of Malaysia formed   

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

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

1964  Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39 on July - 31.   

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  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  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.   

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

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

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

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

1597  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized was born on July - 31.   

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

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

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

1396  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65   

1566  On July - 31 bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92   

1648  Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

1653  On July - 31 death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)