Page 6: Historical Events In July - 31

1944  On July - 31 last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz   

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 this day in history.   

1948  On July - 31 "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 581 performances   

1948  On July - 31 maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70   

1949  On this day in history lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman   

1949  On this day in history lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman   

1951  Japan Airlines is established on this day in history.   

1951  J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies on this day in history.   

1952  N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies on this day in history.   

1953  Dept of Health, Education & Welfare created on this day in history.   

1953  Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match   

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 this day in history.   

1960  On July - 31 malayan Emergency ends   

1960  Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77 on July - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On July - 31 uS Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon   

1964  Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39 on this day in history.   

1965  James Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75 on July - 31.   

1966  Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark on July - 31.   

1966  On July - 31 charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas   

1966  On this day in history alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87   

1967  Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1396  On this day in history birth of philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count   

1443  On July - 31 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  On this day in history birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster   

1578  On July - 31 birth of catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1597  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)   

1508  Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1556  On July - 31 ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65   

1566  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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

1653  On July - 31 death of thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)