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July 31

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 31. From 1900 until now. July 31 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include J K Rowling (1965), Louis de Funès (1914) and Wesley Snipes (1962). Several movies were released around July 31 over the years, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1975 directed by Peter Weir and To Catch a Thief in 1955 directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Holidays

St. John Columbini
Republic of the Congo - Upswing of the Revolution
Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 3 saints: St. Saint Ignatius of Loyola (founder of the Jesuits)
St. Conrode (son of Leo and Kurt / El Gauchito Gil's former wife)
St. Helen of Skofde
La Hae Hawai?i - Hawaiian Flag Day
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Events

2018 Terrorism in Tajikistan, Terrorist incidents linked to ISIL: ISIL claims responsibility for an attack in Tajikistan that occurred two days prior and left four cycling tourists dead. (CBS News)
2017 Scripps Networks Interactive: Discovery Communications announces it will acquire Scripps Networks Interactive for US$ 14.6 billion. (CNBC)
2016 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): Islamic State militants attack two gas facilities northwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, killing at least five people and wounding six policemen. Three assailants detonated their explosive vests and a fourth was killed in clash with security forces. (Reuters)
2015 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Haqqani Network, is reported as having died in 2014. (BBC)
2014 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: War in Donbass:: The Ukrainian government declares a unilateral one-day cease-fire in order to facilitate for a team of forensics experts and crash investigators to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down two weeks ago, after days of delay caused by heavy fighting in the area. (Washington Post)At least 120 soldiers of the Ukrainian military have been confirmed killed in battle since July 17. (Kyiv Post)
2013 At least ten people die as a result of a heatwave in the Shanghai which has recorded its highest temperatures on record, surpassing 40 °C (104 °F). (AFP via France 24)
2012 The Syrian military continues to pound Aleppo with artillery. Opposition forces claim that they have driven the Syrian army out of the city. (Reuters)
2011 At least 9 people including a suspect are killed and 28 others are injured in a knife attack in Kashgar, west Xinjiang, China, marking the second attack of the month in Xinjiang. (CRI) (Xinhua) (The Washington Post)
2010 Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky marry in Rhinebeck, New York. (UPI)
2009 Nigerian battles
2008 The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger acts to end a budget crisis by firing 22,000 California state workers and cutting the pay of 200,000 more. (BBC)
2007 Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
2006 New coins become legal tender in New Zealand, leaving the 5 cent piece redundant and reducing the weight of the 10, 20 and 50 cent pieces.(TVNZ)(Blogger News Network)
2005 More torrential monsoon rains have returned to Mumbai in India, as it tries to recover from the recent floods. The death toll in the floods rises to about 1,000. (BBC)
2004 A plea bargain in a US court reveals details of an alleged Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah. Leading US Muslim activist Abdurahman Alamoudi, founder of the American Muslim Council, admits taking part in the plot, as he pleads guilty to three charges of illegal dealings with Libya. US Attorney General John Ashcroft says the case has provided "critical intelligence" in the war on terror. (BBC)
2002 Hebrew University of Jerusalem is attacked when a bomb explodes in a cafeteria, killing 9.
2001 Died: Poul Anderson
2000 (to August 3) The Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania nominates George W. Bush for U.S. President and Dick Cheney for Vice President.
1999 Mark O. Barton kills nine in Atlanta, Georgia.
1994 28th Curtis Cup: Draw, 9-9
1993 Allman Bros guitarist Dickey Betts arrested for shoving 2 cops
1992 Jeff Rouse swims world record / OR 100m backstroke (53.86 seconds)
1991 Russia and US sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact
1990 Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence
1989 Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets
1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open
1987 Living Daylights premieres in US
1985 Liberia recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
1984 Venz commandos terminate hijacking of an aircraft, 2 killed
1983 B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame
1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France
1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends
1980 John Phillips of Mamas and Papas is arrested on drug charges
1979 But Never Jam Today opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 7 performances
1978 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris
1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Pocono Northeast Golf Classic
1976 Seychelles Independence (Independence day)
1974 Congress passes legislation giving the president authority to legalize private ownership of gold.
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
1972 Dick Allen is 7th to hit 2 inside-the-park homers in a game
1971 Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms
1970 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940)
1969 KWIH TV channel 44 in Winona, MN (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence
1966 Charles Whitman wounds 46 and kills 5 at University of Texas
1965 Cigarette Ads banned on British TV
1964 Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor
1963 Arturo Illia elected President of Argentina
1962 Federation of Malaysia forms.
1961 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston
1960 KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast
1959 1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1958 Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet
1956 August – The exhibition ''This Is Tomorrow'' opens at Whitechapel Art Gallery in London.
1955 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open
1954 First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.
1953 Department of Health, Education & Welfare created
1951 Japan Airlines is established.
1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills the shortstop and third baseman.
1948 Brigadoon closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 581 performances
1945 Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
1944 Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz
1943 Transport nr 58 departs with French Jews to Nazi Germany
1942 German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1941 U-boats sink 21 allied ships this month: 94,000 ton
1940 38 U-boats sinks this month (196,000 ton)
1938 Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
1937 Politburo enables Operative Order 00447: execute 193,000 Russians
1936 Tokyo Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics (later cancelled)
1935 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in
1934 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1)
1932 27th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2)
1931 USS Constitution is recommissioned as an active vessel in the US Navy.
1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 14-13.
1929 Aristide Briand becomes Premier of France
1925 Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied
1923 Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University
1919 Germany accepts Weimar Constitution
1917 3rd battle of Ypres begins
1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize
1913 The Balkan States signs an armistice at Bucharest.
1912 RBC soccer team forms in Roosendaal
1911 Hungarian education is only taught in German
1910 Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration
1905 Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa
1901 Abraham Kuyper becomes Premier of the Netherlands
1900 Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin
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