Historical Events In July - 31
Friday, 25 October 2024
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.
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