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Friday, 31 July 2026
1927 SF Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated. 
1927 Jim Lowe, Springfield Mass, DJ (WNEW) "King of Trivia".
1928 John Ingle, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital)
1928 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56
1929 Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87)
1929 Albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1930 Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins.
1930 Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut
1931 Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete)
1932 In this year, 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King claims in 2:05.2
1932 Hans Boskamp, [Johan HG Hoelscher], actor/producer (Oh My Papa).
1932 Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies.
1933 Johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats
1934 Neth Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal
1934 Ben Smith, Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th)
1934 Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
1935 Kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects)
1936 Cornelius Cardew, composer.
1937 Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player.
1938 In this year, 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin claims in 2:04.8
1938 Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1956)
1939 Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What is recorded as becoming of Broken Hearted)
1941 David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies.
1942 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
1943 Tunis, in North Africa, captured by WW2 Allied forces.
1946 William H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands.
1946 Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
1951 Warner Baxter, dies at 62.
1953 Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs and 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies.
1958 Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
1960 Leonid Brezhnev is recorded as becoming the President of the USSR.
1960 In this year, Leonid Brezhnev formally adopts in place of Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR.
1962 Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77.
1967 Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54.
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