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'''July 31''' is the 212th day (213th in [[leap year]]s) of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 153 days remaining. |
'''July 31''' is the 212th day (213th in [[leap year]]s) of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 153 days remaining. |
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Revision as of 01:05, 30 July 2003
July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining.
Events
- 904 - Thessalonika, Greece is sacked by Saracen raiders.
- 1423 - The French army are defeated at the Battle of Cravant.
- 1498 - Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad.
- 1667 - Signing of the Treaty of Breda, denoting the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
- 1790 - First US patent issued.
- 1856 - Christchurch, New Zealand chartered as a city.
- 1945 - Pierre Laval, leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers.
- 1962 - Federation of Malaysia formed.
Births
- 1596 - Philip III of Burgundy, duke of Burgundy (+ [[[1467]])
- 1816 - George Henry Thomas, American general (+ 1870)
- 1901 - Jean Dubuffet, painter and sculptor (+ 1985)
- 1912 - Irv Kupcinet, newspaper columnist
- 1912 - Milton Friedman, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in economics
- 1914 - Louis de Funès, actor and comedian (+ 1983)
- 1919 - Curt Gowdy, sports announcer
- 1919 - Primo Levi, author, chemist (+ 1987)
- 1921 - Whitney Young, civil rights activist (+ 1971)
- 1923 - Ahmet Ertegun, record company executive
- 1928 - Kurt Sontheimer, politicial scientist
- 1930 - Oleg Popov, clown
- 1939 - France Nuyen, actress
- 1943 - William Bennett, former Secretary of Education and "drug czar"
- 1944 - Geraldine Chaplin, actress
- 1946 - Gary Lewis, rock and roll musician
- 1946 - Bob Welch, rock and roll musician
- 1951 - Evonne Goolagong, tennis star
- 1952 - Alan Autry, American football player, actor, mayor of Fresno, California
- 1959 - Stanley Jordan, jazz guitarist
- 1962 - Wesley Snipes, actor
- 1965 - J. K. Rowling, novelist
- 1966 - Dean Cain, actor
Deaths
- 1099 - Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ("El Cid"), Spanish warrior
- 1108 - King Philip I of France
- 1556 - Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits
- 1886 - Franz Liszt, composer
- 1944 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot and writer
- 1953 - Robert Taft, Senator from Ohio, former candidate for President of the United States, son of William Howard Taft, "Mr. Republican"
- 1993 - Baudouin I of Belgium
- 2001 - Poul Anderson, science fiction author
Holidays and observances
- Republic of the Congo - Upswing of the Revolution
See Also:
July 30 - August 1 - June 30 - August 31 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December