In deaths:
| July 31st 1891 | | Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77
| | July 31st 1911 | | Jack Edwards, cricketer (1888 Ashes tourist), dies
| | July 31st 1914 | | A J Jean JaurŠs, French socialist (L'Humanit‚/Les Preuves), murdered=
| | July 31st 1917 | | Charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies
| | July 31st 1919 | | R G Barlow, cricketer (591 runs/34 wickets/17 Tests for England), dies
| | July 31st 1932 | | Francesco Paolo Neglia, composer, dies at 58
| | July 31st 1940 | | Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel
| | July 31st 1942 | | Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79
| | July 31st 1943 | | Hedley Verity, cricketer (144 wickets in 40 Tests), dies in POW camp
| | July 31st 1944 | | Antoine de Saint-Exup‚ry, Fr pilot/writer (Small Prince), dies at 44
| | July 31st 1948 | | Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70
| | July 31st 1951 | | J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies
| | July 31st 1952 | | N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies
| | July 31st 1953 | | Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63
| | July 31st 1960 | | Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77
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