Historical Events In July - 31

1944  Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.   

1948  On this day in history pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY   

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

1948  Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1949  On July - 31 lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman   

1949  Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman on July - 31.   

1951  On this day in history japan Airlines is established.   

1951  On July - 31 j of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies   

1952  N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies on July - 31.   

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 July - 31.   

1954  K2 summit reached for the first time by an Italian team on this day in history.   

1954  Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double) on July - 31.   

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  On July - 31 anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet   

1959  1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens on July - 31.   

1960  On this day in history elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state   

1960  Malayan Emergency ends on July - 31.   

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

1962  On July - 31 australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam   

1962  Federation of Malaysia formed on this day in history.   

1964  Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor on July - 31.   

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 July - 31.   

1964  On this day in history uS Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon   

1964  On this day in history jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39   

1965  On this day in history james Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75   

1966  On this day in history alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark   

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

1966  Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1967  Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81 on July - 31.   

1968  Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free on July - 31.   

1968  Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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1143  Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) was born on this day in history.   

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on this day in history.   

1443  Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon was born on this day in history.   

1527  On July - 31 birth of maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)   

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

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

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

1598  On this day in history birth of alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)   

0855  On July - 31 death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)   

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on this day in history.   

1396  On July - 31 death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)   

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

1556  Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history 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  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on this day in history.