Page 6: Historical Events In July - 31

1944  On this day in history last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz   

1945  On July - 31 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  On this day in history "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 581 performances   

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

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

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

1951  Japan Airlines is established on July - 31.   

1951  On this day in history 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  On July - 31 dept of Health, Education & Welfare created   

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

1954  On this day in history k2 summit reached for the first time by an Italian team   

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

1955  On July - 31 beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open   

1956  Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match on July - 31.   

1958  On this day in history anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet   

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

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  On July - 31 karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77   

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  On this day in history al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor   

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  US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon on July - 31.   

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

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

1968  Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 on July - 31.   

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1143  On July - 31 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  On this day in history birth of maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)   

1550  On this day in history birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster   

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on July - 31.   

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 July - 31.   

0855  Death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780) on July - 31.   

1358  On July - 31 etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies   

1396  On this day in history death of william Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)   

1508  On this day in history death of na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)   

1556  On this day in history ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65   

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 July - 31.   

1653  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on July - 31.