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 212th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 153 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 18, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,753,920,000 seconds 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 ‘dihectadecadigon’ day.
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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 201 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 4,605 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 31 Historical Events
- 904 –Thessalonica falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city.
- 1451 –Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
- 1667 –Second Anglo-Dutch War: Treaty of Breda ends the conflict.
- 1865 –The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia.
- 1932 –The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
- 1941 –Holocaust: under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to “submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question.”
- 1954 –First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.
- 1987 –A rare, class F4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage.
- 1992 –Georgia joins the United Nations.
- 2007 –Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
Who were born on July 31?
- 1837 –William Quantrill, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (d. 1865)
- 1940 –Roy Walker, Irish comedian and gameshow host
- 1943 –William Bennett, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
- 1955 –Jakie Quartz, French singer
- 1962 –John Laurinaitis, American professional wrestler
- 1964 –Jim Corr, Irish singer and musician (The Corrs)
- 1973 –Fabulous Flournoy American basketball player and coach Newcastle Eagles
- 1975 –Simon Hirst, British radio DJ
- 1979 –Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer
- 1987 –Michael Bradley, American soccer player
Who died on July 31?
- 1508 –Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)
- 1784 –Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1713)
- 1914 –Jean Jaurès, French politician (d. 1859)
- 1972 –Paul-Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899)
- 1980 –Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924)
- 1980 –Pascual Jordan, German physicist (b. 1902)
- 2001 –Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
- 2001 –Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
- 2004 –Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927)
- 2004 –Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
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