| July 31st 1992 | - Event: | Jeff Rouse swims world record/OR 100m backstroke (53.86 sec) |
| July 31st 1919 | - Death: | R G Barlow, cricketer (591 runs/34 wickets/17 Tests for England), dies |
| July 31st 1963 | - Event: | Indians\' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, & Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels) |
| July 31st 1948 | - Event: | Pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY |
| July 31st 1874 | - Event: | Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as pres of Georgetown U |
| July 31st 1958 | - Event: | Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet |
| July 31st 1980 | - Event: | John Phillips of Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges |
| July 31st 1967 | - Birth: | Rodney Harvey, actor (Salsa) |
| July 31st 1920 | - Birth: | Rudolf Halaczinsky, composer |
| July 31st 1961 | - Birth: | Chris Hinton, NFL guard (Minn Vikings) |
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