What happened this day in history July 31

What are the important events that happened on July 31? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 31: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 31 is the 213th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 153 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 18, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 478,440 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecatrigon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 182 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,240 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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July 31 Historical Events

  • 1009
    Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
  • 1201
    Attempted usurpation of John Komnenos the Fat.
  • 1658
    Aurangzeb is proclaimed Moghul emperor of India.
  • 1667
    Second Anglo-Dutch War: Treaty of Breda ends the conflict.
  • 1703
    Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
  • 1919
    German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14.
  • 1938
    Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
  • 1964
    Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
  • 1970
    Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
  • 1992
    Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.

Who were born on July 31?

  • 1598
    Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)
  • 1837
    William Quantrill, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (d. 1865)
  • 1867
    Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant and philanthropist (d. 1966)
  • 1923
    Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach and father of Chris Evert
  • 1929
    Gilles Carle, Canadian film director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
  • 1953
    James Read, American actor
  • 1970
    Ben Chaplin, English actor
  • 1976
    Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer
  • 1981
    Ira Losco, Maltese singer
  • 1987
    Brittany Byrnes, Australian Actress

Who died on July 31?

  • 855
    Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)
  • 1653
    Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)
  • 1805
    Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian Freedom Fighter (b. 1756)
  • 1886
    Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (b. 1811)
  • 1963
    Sir Robert Chapman, British soldier and politician (b. 1880)
  • 1964
    Jim Reeves, American singer (b. 1923)
  • 1972
    Paul-Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899)
  • 1986
    Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
  • 2001
    Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
  • 2001
    Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)

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