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July 31 is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) ... Broadway producer and director, who received more Tony awards than anyone else in history (b. 1928)
Baseball Player Lou Gehrig. 1932 Cleveland Indians christen their new home, Municipal Stadium before more than 76,000 fans; lose opener, 1-0 to the Philadelphia A's. 1932 German Election (NSDAP gets 37.3%) 1935 3rd Dutch government of Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn sworn in.
This Day in History: 07/31/1975 - Jimmy Hoffa Disappears. Discover what happened on July 31 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
29. 30. 31. 2024. July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March.
1809 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Philadelphia. 1813 British invade Plattsburgh, NY. 1849 American engraver Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon. 1852 Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4°F (20.2°C) avg)
1813) (sources vary between July 31 and August 31) 1777 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine statesman and priest (d. 1849) 1800 – Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist (d. 1882) 1803 – John Ericsson, Swedish engineer (d. 1889) 1804 – George Baxter, English engraver and printer (d. 1867) 1812 – Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Empress of ...
1556. St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic Church, died in Rome. Take our quiz about the history of Roman Catholicism. Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. On This Day In History - July 31: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules. This day's facts in the arts, politics, and sciences.
