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, 28,706,400 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 ‘dihectadecatrigon’ 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 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
- 904 –Thessalonica falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city.
- 1009 –Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
- 1423 –Hundred Years’ War: Battle of Cravant – the French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
- 1741 –Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
- 1777 –The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Marquis de Lafayette “be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States.”
- 1790 –The very first U.S. patent is issued: to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
- 1919 –German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14.
- 1945 –Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
- 1948 –At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
- 1973 –A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
Who were born on July 31?
- 1843 –Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918)
- 1904 –Brett Halliday, American writer (d. 1977)
- 1913 –Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
- 1916 –Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player and official (d. 2006)
- 1929 –José Santamaria, Uruguayan footballer
- 1943 –Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor
- 1947 –Richard Griffiths, British actor
- 1952 –Helmuts Balderis, Latvian hockey player
- 1979 –Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer
- 1987 –Brittany Byrnes, Australian Actress
Who died on July 31?
- 1726 –Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
- 1917 –Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887)
- 1943 –Hedley Verity, English Test cricketer (b. 1905)
- 1953 –Robert Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio and Presidential candidate (b. 1889)
- 1954 –Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923)
- 1966 –Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (b. 1924)
- 1970 –Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (b. 1912)
- 1990 –Albert Leduc, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
- 2004 –Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2005 –Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (b. 1935)
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