Today in History for July 1931
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Months in 1931: January February March April May June August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 22 of 22
1st - Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed
1st - Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents
1st - Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs Chicago Cubs
1st - Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo)
3rd - 51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover)
3rd - Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
4th - 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium
4th - 1st trailside museum opens in Cleveland Metroparks
6th - 35th US Golf Open: Billy Burke shoots a 292 at Inverness Club Ohio
11th - NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8
12th - 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game & 21 in 2nd game for 32
18th - 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
21st - Reno race track, becomes 1st in US to use daily double wagering
23rd - Ashmore & Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia
23rd - France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics
24th - George Gunn gets 183 & son of a gunn George Vernon 100* same innings
24th - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6)
24th - A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.
27th - Chilean president Carlos Ibáñez forced out
27th - Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr & SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops
28th - Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem
28th - White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 54 of 54
1st - Leslie Caron, Boulogne-Biliancourt France, actr (Lili, Father Goose)
1st - Tab Hunter, actor (Tab Hunter Show, Lust in the Dust)
2nd - Imelda Marcos, politician/shoe collector/1st lady of Philippines
2nd - Robert Ito, Vancouver BC, actor (Sam-Quincy ME)
3rd - Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuur)
4th - Peter Richardson, cricketer (England batsman mid-50's)
5th - James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal
6th - Donal Donnelly, Bradford Yorkshire England, actor (Dead)
6th - Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader
6th - Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician
7th - David Eddings, US, sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon)
7th - Stanley Brock, Bkln, actor (Ivan-He's the Mayor)
8th - Jerry Vale, [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma)
8th - Louis Ballard, composer
8th - Roone Arledge, Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC)
10th - Alice Munro, author (Dance of the Happy Shades)
10th - Del Insko, harness racer (toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader)
10th - Julian May, US, sci-fi author (Golden Torc, Magnificat)
10th - Nick Adams, Nanticoke Pa, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel)
11th - Hans Klein, politician
11th - Herman de Vries, Dutch sculptor
11th - Tab Hunter, actor (Damn Yankees, Lust in the Dust, Battle Cry)
11th - Thurston Harris, Indianapolis, vocalist (Little Bitty Pretty One)
11th - Tullio Regge, Italian physicist
12th - Andre Laporte, Flemish composer
12th - Bob Traxler, (Rep-D-MI, 1974- )
12th - Lord Clinton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
13th - Bill Moor, Toledo Oh, actor (Hanky Panky)
14th - Donald Eugene Webb, Okla City, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
14th - Robert Stephens, Bristol England, actor (Uncle Kurt-Holocaust)
15th - Clive Cussler, writer (Raise The Titantic, Sahara)
15th - Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs
16th - Caroline Blackwood, writer
18th - "Papa" Dee Allen, Wilmington DE, percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto)
20th - Tony Marsh, English racing driver
21st - Leon Schidlowsky, composer
22nd - Charles Huxtable, General commander (English ground armies)
22nd - Perry Lopez, NYC, actor (Chinatown, Death Wish 4)
23rd - Jan Torell, Limhamm Sweden, director (New Land, Emigrants)
23rd - Richard Searby, deputy-chairman (News Corp Ltd-Australia)
23rd - Viktor Korchnoi, chess champ
23rd - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori Queen (d. 2006)
23rd - Guy Fournier, French Canadian author and screenwriter
24th - Ermanno Olmi, Italian director
24th - Éric Tabarly, French sailor (d. 1998)
25th - Cornelis P van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior
26th - A M F (Sandy) Ross, managing-director (Mary Quant)
26th - Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
27th - Jerry Van Dyke, Danville Ill, actor (My Mother the Car, Coach)
27th - Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
28th - Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60's)
30th - Joan Vohs, St Albans NY, actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina)
31st - Kenny Burrell, American guitarist
31st - Nick Bollettieri, American tennis coach
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
4th - Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62
4th - Hussein ibn-Ali, sjarif Mecca/king/kalief of Hedzjaz (1917-24), dies
7th - Johannes Jacobus "Kodgee" Kotze, cricketer (S Africa 1902-07), dies
15th - Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868)
16th - Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies
24th - Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75
27th - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
