Historical Events In July - 31

1969  On July - 31 mariner 6 flies past Mars   

1969  National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, La on this day in history.   

1970  Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report" on this day in history.   

1972  Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73   

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 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20   

1978  On July - 31 gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris   

1978  Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1979  N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2402 Satpaev & #2416 Sharonov on July - 31.   

1979  Beatrix Lehmann, actress (Psyche '59, Rat, Staircase), dies at 76 on July - 31.   

1980  John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges on July - 31.   

1980  Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36 on this day in history.   

1980  Bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history arnette Hubbard installed as first woman president of the Natl Bar Assn   

1981  On this day in history gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash   

1982  On this day in history 46 kids & 7 adults die as 2 buses & several cars collide in France   

1984  On this day in history uS men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics   

1984  Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78   

1986  On July - 31 theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73   

1987  On July - 31 rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle   

1988  On this day in history miami Dolphins beat SF 49ers 27-21 in London   

1988  On July - 31 trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38   

1990  Nolan Ryan becomes the 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games on July - 31.   

1990  Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72 on July - 31.   

1992  G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 on July - 31.   

1993  Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems on this day in history.   

1994  On July - 31 anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66   

1995  Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1996  Joan "Maudie" Warburton, painter, dies at 76 on July - 31.   

1997  On July - 31 beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies   

2011  Arab Spring: Because of the uncertaintities associated with a clamp-down of the free press, there is believed to be at least 121 people killed in a Syrian Army tank raid on the town of Hama and over 150 people are reportedly killed across the country. The total dead throughout Syria may never be known, but an estimate as of sep 24 is 3,000 on July - 31.   

2011  On July - 31 in Thailand over 12.8 million people are affected by severe flooding. The World Bank estimates damages at 1,440 billion baht (US$45 billion).   

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

1396  Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count was born on July - 31.   

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

1527  Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76) was born on July - 31.   

1550  On July - 31 birth of jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster   

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  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 this day in history.   

1358  Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies on July - 31.   

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  Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 on July - 31.   

1648  On July - 31 benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60   

1653  Death of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) on this day in history.