Historical Events In July - 31

1969  Mariner 6 flies past Mars on this day in history.   

1969  National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, La on July - 31.   

1970  On this day in history chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"   

1972  On July - 31 thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate   

1972  Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73 on July - 31.   

1973  Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later on July - 31.   

1977  On July - 31 stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20   

1978  On July - 31 gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris   

1978  Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80 on July - 31.   

1979  On July - 31 n Chernykh discovers asteroids #2402 Satpaev & #2416 Sharonov   

1979  On July - 31 beatrix Lehmann, actress (Psyche '59, Rat, Staircase), dies at 76   

1980  John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges on this day in history.   

1980  Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49   

1981  Arnette Hubbard installed as first woman president of the Natl Bar Assn on July - 31.   

1981  Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash on this day in history.   

1982  46 kids & 7 adults die as 2 buses & several cars collide in France on this day in history.   

1984  US men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics on July - 31.   

1984  Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1985  Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78 on July - 31.   

1986  On this day in history theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73   

1987  Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle on July - 31.   

1988  On July - 31 miami Dolphins beat SF 49ers 27-21 in London   

1988  On July - 31 trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38   

1990  On this day in history nolan Ryan becomes the 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games   

1990  Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72 on this day in history.   

1992  G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 on July - 31.   

1993  Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems on this day in history.   

1994  On July - 31 anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66   

1995  Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83 on July - 31.   

1996  On this day in history joan "Maudie" Warburton, painter, dies at 76   

1997  Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies on July - 31.   

2011  On this day in history arab Spring: Because of the uncertaintities associated with a clamp-down of the free press, there is believed to be at least 121 people killed in a Syrian Army tank raid on the town of Hama and over 150 people are reportedly killed across the country. The total dead throughout Syria may never be known, but an estimate as of sep 24 is 3,000.   

2011  In Thailand over 12.8 million people are affected by severe flooding. The World Bank estimates damages at 1,440 billion baht (US$45 billion) on July - 31.   

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1143  On this day in history birth of emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)   

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 this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history birth of maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)   

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

1578  On this day in history birth of catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1597  On July - 31 birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

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  Death of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) on July - 31.   

1508  On July - 31 death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)   

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

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

1648  On this day in history benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

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