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, 1,722,384,000 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 ‘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
- 30 BC –Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian’s forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
- 1423 –Hundred Years’ War: Battle of Cravant – the French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
- 1451 –Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
- 1492 –The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
- 1913 –The Balkan States signs an armistice at Bucharest.
- 1930 –The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time.
- 1932 –The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
- 1954 –First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.
- 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?
- 1143 –Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)
- 1737 –Princess Augusta of Great Britain (d. 1813)
- 1825 –William S. Clark, American senator and scholar (d. 1886)
- 1860 –Mary Vaux Walcott, American artist and naturalist (d. 1940)
- 1886 –Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure (d. 1931)
- 1920 –James Esdras Faust, American religious leader (d. 2007)
- 1951 –Barry Van Dyke, American actor
- 1966 –Dean Cain, American actor
- 1979 –Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer
- 1989 –Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
Who died on July 31?
- 855 –Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)
- 1396 –William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)
- 1750 –King John V of Portugal (b. 1689)
- 1805 –Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian Freedom Fighter (b. 1756)
- 1864 –Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
- 1884 –Emperor Kien Phuc, the 7th emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1869)
- 1917 –Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887)
- 1920 –Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat, writer and revolutionary (b. 1878)
- 1996 –Seagram Miller, American rapper (b. 1970)
- 2009 –Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1920)
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