31st
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST IGNASTIUS OF LOYOLA; ST JUSTIN de
JACOBIS; ST NEOT; ST HELEN OF SKOVDE." |
| 31ST |
432 |
"ST SIXTUS III" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 31ST |
768 |
"PHILIP" BEGINS & ENDS
HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 31ST |
1498 |
"CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS" DISCOVERS ISLAND OF
TRINIDAD. |
| 31ST |
1790 |
THE FIRST U.S. PATENT IS GRANTED TO
"SAMUEL HOPKINS" FOR A POTASH PROCESS. |
| 31ST |
1813 |
THE BRITISH INVADE PLARRSBURGH, NEW YORK. |
| 31ST |
1902 |
NAKED LIGHT IGNITES GAS IN THE MT
KEMBLA, NSW COAL MINE, CAUSING EXPLOSION AND ROCK SLIDE KILLING 96. |
| 31ST |
1910 |
"DR. CRIPPEN" WAS ARRESTED ABOARD THE ‘SS
MOOREHOUSE’ AS IT WAS DOCKING AT QUEBEC; CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE; THE
FIRST CRIMINAL CAUGHT BY USE OF RADIO. |
| 31ST |
1912 |
AUSTRALIAS FIRST AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE
EXCHANGE OPENED AT GEELONG. |
| 31ST |
1912 |
MOVIES & PHOTO’S OF PRIZE FIGHTS ARE BANNED IN THE
U.S. |
| 31ST |
1956 |
POKER MACHINES ARE INTRODUCED IN NSW. |
| 31ST |
1956 |
ENGLAND SPIN BOWLER ‘JIM LAKER’ TOOK ALL 10
AUSTRALIAN WICKETS FOR 53 RUNS IN THE SECOND INNINGS OF A TEST MATCH AT OLD TRAFFORD,
FOLLOWING A FIRST INNINGS HAUL OF 9-37. |
| 31ST |
1963 |
BRITISH OSTEOPATH, "STEPHEN
WARD" TAKES A FATAL OVERDOSE AS A VICE JURY BLAMES HIM FOR THE "PROFUMO"
SCANDAL. HE DIES ON 3RD AUGUST. |
| 31ST |
1964 |
COUNTRY SINGER, "JIM REEVES," 34, WHOSE HITS
INCLUDED, ‘WELCOME TO MY WORLD" & ‘HE’LL HAVE TO GO’ DIED IN
A PLANE CRASH NEAR NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ALONG WITH HIS MANAGER, "DEAN MANUEL." |
| 31ST |
1964 |
US RANGER-7 SPACECRAFT TRANSMITS TO
EARTH THE FIRST CLOSE-UP PICTURES OF THE MOON. |
| 31ST |
1965 |
CIGARETTE COMERCIALS ARE BANNED ON BRITISH TELEVISION. |
| 31ST |
1968 |
THE "BEATLES" CLOSE
"APPLE BOUTIQUE," GIVING AWAY CLOTHES FOR FREE. |
| 31ST |
1970 |
HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE, SYDNEY, DESTROYED BY FIRE. |
| 31ST |
1971 |
U.S. ASTRONAUTS, "DAVID
SCOTT" & "JAMES IRWIN" ENTERED THEIR LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE & DROVE
IT AROUND ON THE MOON’S SURFACE. |
| 31ST |
1972 |
17 MINERS LOST THEIR LIVES AT A MINE NEAR IPSWICH,
QUEENSLAND. |
| 31ST |
1973 |
DELTA AIRLINES ‘DC9’ CRASHES
AT LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BOSTON, USA, KILLING 88 OF 89 ON BOARD. THE LONE SURVIVOR DIED 6 MONTHS LATER. |
| 31ST |
1980 |
"JOHN PHILLIPS" OF THE "MAMAS &
PAPAS" IS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES. |
| 31ST |
1982 |
44 CHILDREN IN ONE BUS, ALONG WITH 9
ADULTS DIED WHEN 3 BUSES AND 7 CARS COLLIDED ON A RAINSWEPT ROAD NEAR BEAUNE IN THE
BURGNDY REGION OF FRANCE. |
| 31ST |
1985 |
"DR GEOFFREY EDLESTON" PAID $6.5 million FOR THE
SYDNEY SWANS AFL LICENCE. |
| 31ST |
1996 |
RIOTS IN TEMBISA, STH AFRICA, AFTER 15
DIE AT STATION WHEN SECURITY GUARDS WITH ELECTRIC SHOCK BATONS CAUSE A STAMPEDE. |
| 31ST |
1997 |
UNSTABLE SOIL HAS PREVENTED A RESCUE MISSION OF THE THREDBO
LANDSLIDE SITE BEING STARTED UNTIL 10.00am TODAY |
| 31ST |
1997 |
AMID A CLOUD OF SMOKE & BLINKING
LIGHTS, MODEL "SARAH O’HARE" THE NEW FACE OF ‘WONDERBRA,’ DRESSED
FOR THE OCCASSION, ALIGHTED FROM A FLYING SAUCER TO GREET HER PUBLIC AT MANHATTAN’S
PLANET HOLLYWOOD. |
| 31ST |
1999 |
AT 2.52am ARIZONA TIME, LUNAR PROSPECTOR CRASHED ONTO
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON WITH THE ASHES OF FORMER U.S. GEOLOGIST, "EUGENE
SHOEMAKER" WHO DIED IN A CAR CRASH NEAR ALICE SPRINGS IN JULY 1997. |
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