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| July 31st 1996 | - Death: | Joan \"Maudie\" Warburton, painter, dies at 76 |
| July 31st 1936 | - Event: | Tokyo Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics (later cancelled) |
| July 31st 1968 | - Birth: | Saeed Al-Saffar, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup, later captain) |
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