Page 7: Historical Events In July - 31

1969  Mariner 6 flies past Mars on July - 31.   

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  On this day in history paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73   

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  Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20 on this day in history.   

1978  Gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris on July - 31.   

1978  On July - 31 carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80   

1979  N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2402 Satpaev & #2416 Sharonov on this day in history.   

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 July - 31.   

1980  Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36 on July - 31.   

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

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

1981  On this day in history gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash   

1982  46 kids & 7 adults die as 2 buses & several cars collide in France on July - 31.   

1984  On July - 31 uS men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics   

1984  Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79 on July - 31.   

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  On this day in history rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle   

1988  Miami Dolphins beat SF 49ers 27-21 in London on this day in history.   

1988  Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38 on this day in history.   

1990  Nolan Ryan becomes the 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games on this day in history.   

1990  On July - 31 fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72   

1992  G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1994  Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1995  Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1997  On July - 31 beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1443  On this day in history birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon   

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

1550  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster was born on July - 31.   

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

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

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on July - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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