| July 31st 1943 | - Birth: | Lobo, [Kent Lavoie], rocker |
| July 31st 1978 | - Death: | Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70 |
| July 31st 1970 | - Birth: | David Sacco, Malden MA, NHL left wing (Oly-94, Anaheim Mighty Ducks) |
| July 31st 1803 | - Birth: | John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor |
| July 31st 1977 | - Event: | John F Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA |
| July 31st 1967 | - Death: | Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81 |
| July 31st 1963 | - Event: | Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown) |
| July 31st 1985 | - Death: | Murray Chapple, cricketer (14 Tests for NZ, 497 runs), dies |
| July 31st 1994 | - Event: | Sergei Bubka ploe vaults his 35th world record (6.14 m) |
| July 31st 1828 | - Birth: | Fran‡ois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin) |
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