| July 31st 1664 | - Event: | Pierre Corneille\'s \"Othon,\" premieres in Paris |
| July 31st 1980 | - Event: | John Phillips of Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges |
| July 31st 1994 | - Event: | Stockholms avgs 21.5øC; their warmest July since 1855 |
| July 31st 1994 | - Event: | Sergei Bubka ploe vaults his 35th world record (6.14 m) |
| July 31st 1992 | - Death: | Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56 |
| July 31st 1951 | - Birth: | Evonne Goolagong Cawley, NSW Aust, tennis player (Wimbledon 1971) |
| July 31st 0904 | - Event: | Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies & plunders Thessalonica |
| July 31st 1932 | - Event: | Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Phila A\'s beat Indians 1-0 |
| July 31st 1994 | - Event: | UN votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti |
| July 31st 1919 | - Event: | Germany accepts Weimar Constitution |
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