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, 29,232,000 minutes 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
- 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.
- 904 –Thessalonica falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city.
- 1201 –Attempted usurpation of John Komnenos the Fat.
- 1658 –Aurangzeb is proclaimed Moghul emperor of India.
- 1856 –Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
- 1932 –The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
- 1938 –Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
- 1940 –A doodlebug train in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio collides with a multi-car freight train heading in the opposite direction, killing 43 people.
- 1961 –At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in major league baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning because of rain.
- 2006 –Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Castro.
Who were born on July 31?
- 1718 –John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772)
- 1886 –Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure (d. 1931)
- 1918 –Paul D. Boyer, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1933 –Cees Nooteboom, Dutch writer
- 1943 –Lobo, American singer and songwriter
- 1943 –Susan Flannery, American actress
- 1968 –Saeed-Al-Saffar, Former UAE cricketer
- 1975 –Randy Flores, American baseball player
- 1978 –Justin Wilson, English racing driver
- 1979 –Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer
Who died on July 31?
- 855 –Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)
- 1556 –Ignatius Loyola, Spanish priest and founder of the Jesuits (b. 1491)
- 1864 –Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
- 1886 –Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (b. 1811)
- 1914 –Jean Jaurès, French politician (d. 1859)
- 1944 –Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and writer (b. 1900)
- 1970 –Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (b. 1912)
- 1980 –Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924)
- 1981 –General Omar Torrijos of Panama (b. 1929).
- 2003 –Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (b. 1933)
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