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 July - 31 pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY   

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

1948  On this day in history maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70   

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 this day in history.   

1951  Japan Airlines is established on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1954  Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double) on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open   

1956  On this day in history laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match   

1958  Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet on this day in history.   

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

1960  Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state on July - 31.   

1960  Malayan Emergency ends on July - 31.   

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

1962  Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) arrives in South Vietnam on July - 31.   

1962  On July - 31 federation of Malaysia formed   

1964  On this day in history al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor   

1964  On July - 31 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.   

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  James Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75 on July - 31.   

1966  On July - 31 alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark   

1966  Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas on this day in history.   

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

1967  Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1968  On this day in history gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66   

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

1396  On July - 31 birth of philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count   

1443  On this day in history birth of albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon   

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

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

1578  Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

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 July - 31.   

1358  On this day in history 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  Death of Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1556  Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 on July - 31.   

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 July - 31.