This Day In History -Happenings-Births-Deaths
What Happened?
Events That Happened Throughout History On This Day, Including Births, and Deaths.
- 1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the Virginia General Assembly, convenes for the first time.
- 1627 – An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy.1729 – Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.
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- 1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.1912 – Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
- 1916 – The Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor kills four and destroys some $20,000,000 worth of military goods.
- 1966 – England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.
- 1971 – Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
- 1981 – As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
- 2003 – In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
- 2006 – An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children.
- In 1715, a fleet of Spanish ships carrying gold, silver and jewelry sank
during a hurricane off the east Florida coast; more than 1,000 died.
- In 1964, the U.S. lunar probe Ranger 7 took the first close-up images of the moon’s surface.
- In 2020, a federal appeals court overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
Births On This Day
- July 31, 1818 – Emily Brontë, -English novelist and poet
- 1863 – Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company
- 1899 – Gerald Moore, English pianist
- 1965 - J. K. Rowling, English author
- 1962 - Wesley Snipes -American martial artist, actor, producer
- 1919 - Primo Levi, Italian chemist, author
- 1912 - Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1884 - Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician
- 1971 – Elvis Crespo, American-Puerto Rican singer
- 1971 – Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
Deaths On This Day,
July 31
- 1540 – Thomas Abel, English priest and martyr
- 1540 – Robert Barnes, English martyr and reformer
- 1700 – Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, English royal
- 1930 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona
- 1938 – John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player
- 2012 - Gore Vidal - American author, screenwriter, actor
- 1980 - Mohammed Rafi - Indian actor, singer
- 1964 -Jim Reeves - American singer-songwriter
- 1944 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer
- 1875 - Andrew Johnson - American politician, 17th President of the United States
- 2003 – Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer
- 2003 – Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records
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