Page 6: Historical Events In July - 31

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

1945  On July - 31 pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.   

1948  On July - 31 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 July - 31.   

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

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  On this day in history n B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies   

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

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

1954  K2 summit reached for the first time by an Italian team on July - 31.   

1954  On this day in history 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  Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match on this day in history.   

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

1960  On this day in history malayan Emergency ends   

1960  On this day in history karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77   

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1964  US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon on July - 31.   

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

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  Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas on July - 31.   

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

1967  On July - 31 mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81   

1968  Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free on this day in history.   

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  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  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 this day in history birth of sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1598  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654) was born on July - 31.   

0855  On this day in history death of imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)   

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

1396  Death of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

1508  On July - 31 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  On this day in history 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 July - 31.