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History Events on July 31

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History Events on July 31

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A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.

#Edmonton_tornado

In 1987

Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

#Russo-Japanese_War

In 1904

Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.

#Christchurch

In 1856

Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.

#2014_Kaohsiung_gas_explosions

In 2014

Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.

#Patrick_Francis_Healy

In 1874

The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.

#Soviet_Union

In 1991

Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface.

#Discovery_Program

In 1999

The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.

#The_Troubles

In 1972

Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.

#Gold

In 1938

USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.

#USS_Nevada_(BB-36)

In 1948

Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.

#Michael_Phelps

In 2012

The 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."

#The_Holocaust

In 1941

Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.

#Aurangzeb

In 1658

The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

#Narrow-gauge_railway

In 1865

On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.

#Christopher_Columbus

In 1498

At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.

#John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport

In 1948

Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.

#Hundred_Years'_War

In 1423

Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.

#Maurice,_Prince_of_Orange

In 1618

Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.

#Charles_VII,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

In 1741

Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).

#Bulgaria

In 1938

Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.

#1715_Treasure_Fleet

In 1715

The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.

#Patent

In 1790

The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.

#Alhambra_Decree

In 1492

World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.

#World_War_I

In 1917

Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.

#Daniel_Defoe

In 1703

The Troubles: three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.

#Miami_Showband_killings

In 1975

The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: 6th day of the 7th month of the 1st year of the Ten'o (??) era).

#Mount_Fuji

In 781

Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.

#Thai_Airways_International_Flight_311

In 1992

Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.

#Odawa

In 1763

The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, 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."

#Second_Continental_Congress

In 1777

Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.

#Fidel_Castro

In 2006

The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.

#Balkans

In 1913

World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.

#World_War_II

In 1941

The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.

#Georgia_(country)

In 1992

Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.

#Ranger_program

In 1964

The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.

#Spanish_Armada

In 1588

The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.

#Nazi_Party

In 1932

Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.

#Pierre_Laval

In 1945

German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14.

#Weimar_National_Assembly

In 1919

Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.

#Black_Tot_Day

In 1970

Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.

#Apollo_program

In 1971

Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.

#Jacques_Cœur

In 1451

Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.

In 2007

Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.

In 1988

A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.

In 1973

Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.

In 1712

Russo-Polish War (1654-67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.

In 1655

Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos.

In 1201

Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.

In 1009

Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.

In 30 BC

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