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July 31, 1997 A's trade Mark McGwire to St. Louis Cardinals07940601 July 31, 1994 102.7 degrees F (39.3 degrees C) in Pleschen, East-Germany July 31, 1994 28th Curtis Cup: Draw, 9-9 July 31, 1994 Arcen Limburg averages 71.6 degrees F (22.0 degrees C) in July: record July 31, 1994 Helen Alfredss wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship July 31, 1994 Netherlands averages 21.4 degrees C; their warmest July since 1783 July 31, 1994 Phil Rizzuto (Yanks) and Steve Carlton (Phils) enter the Hall of Fame July 31, 1994 Sergei Bubka ploe vaults his 35th world record (6.14 m) July 31, 1994 Stockholms avgs 21.5 degrees C; their warmest July since 1855 July 31, 1994 U.N. votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti July 31, 1993 A's trade Rickey Henderson to Blue Jays July 31, 1993 Allman Bros guitarist Dickey Betts arrested for shoving 2 cops July 31, 1993 Inkatha-arm forces killed 49 ANC-followers in Johannesburg July 31, 1993 Prince Ronald "Ronnie" Mutebi crowned king of Uganda July 31, 1992 Jeff Rouse swims world record/OR 100m backstroke (53.86 sec) July 31, 1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) July 31, 1992 Tamas Darnyi swims world record/Olympics 200m backstroke (1:59.36) July 31, 1992 Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die July 31, 1992 Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec) July 31, 1991 Russia and U.S. sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact July 31, 1991 Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft July 31, 1990 Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence July 31, 1990 Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games July 31, 1989 Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets July 31, 1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open July 31, 1988 Jose Canseco is 1st to hit 30 home runs in 1st 3 years July 31, 1988 Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers 27-21 in London July 31, 1988 Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame July 31, 1987 "Living Daylights" premieres in U.S. July 31, 1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed July 31, 1987 Eddie Murray hits his 300th HR July 31, 1987 Guns and Roses song "Appetite for Destruction" is released July 31, 1987 Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs July 31, 1987 Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle July 31, 1984 Leeza Gibbon's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight July 31, 1984 U.S. men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics July 31, 1984 Venz commandos terminate hijacking of an aircraft, 2 killed July 31, 1983 38th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jan Stephenson July 31, 1983 B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame July 31, 1983 Dutch July avg temp is 20.1 degrees C; warmest July since 1852 July 31, 1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France July 31, 1982 Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die July 31, 1982 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) July 31, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test July 31, 1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends July 31, 1981 Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of National Bar Assn July 31, 1980 John Phillips of Mamas and Papas is arrested on drug charges July 31, 1980 Rangers snap Orioles pitcher Steve Stone's 14-game winning streak July 31, 1980 Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36 July 31, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 31, 1979 "But Never Jam Today" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 7 performances July 31, 1978 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris July 31, 1978 New York Yankees now 7 out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks July 31, 1978 Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44 July 31, 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Pocono Northeast Golf Classic July 31, 1977 E Henry Knoche, ends term as deputy director of CIA July 31, 1977 John F. Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA July 31, 1976 Seychelles Independence, Independence day July 31, 1976 Waldemar Cierpinski runs Olympic marathon (2:09:55.0) July 31, 1973 ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to New York Nets July 31, 1973 Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later July 31, 1973 Frank Hayes scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. WI as England lose July 31, 1972 Dick Allen is 7th to hit 2 inside-the-park homers in a game July 31, 1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate July 31, 1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon July 31, 1971 Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms July 31, 1970 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940) July 31, 1970 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report" July 31, 1969 KWIH TV channel 44 in Winona, MN (IND) begins broadcasting July 31, 1969 Mariner 6 flies past Mars July 31, 1969 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 31, 1968 Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free July 31, 1967 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence July 31, 1966 Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark July 31, 1966 Charles Whitman wounds 46 and kills 5 at University of Texas July 31, 1965 Cigarette Ads banned on British TV July 31, 1964 Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor July 31, 1964 George Lascelles marries Patricia Tuckwell July 31, 1964 Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot July 31, 1964 U.S. Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon July 31, 1963 Arturo Illia elected president of Argentina July 31, 1963 Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown) July 31, 1963 Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels) July 31, 1962 Federation of Malaysia forms July 31, 1962 Statham is Test crickets' leading wkt-taker (229), beating Lindwall July 31, 1961 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston July 31, 1961 Israel welcomes its 1,000,000th immigrant July 31, 1960 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state July 31, 1960 KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast July 31, 1960 Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open July 31, 1959 1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens July 31, 1958 Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet July 31, 1956 Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match July 31, 1955 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open July 31, 1955 KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast July 31, 1955 WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast July 31, 1954 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double) July 31, 1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare created July 31, 1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman July 31, 1948 "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 581 performances July 31, 1948 President Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York July 31, 1944 Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz July 31, 1944 Transport nr 77 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany July 31, 1944 U.S. troops occupy Sansapor New-Guinea July 31, 1943 Transport nr 58 departs with French Jews to nazi Germany July 31, 1942 German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia July 31, 1942 U boats sank 96 allied ships this month: 476,000 ton July 31, 1941 U boats sink 21 allied ships this month: 94,000 ton July 31, 1940 38 U boats sinks this month (196,000 ton) July 31, 1940 Riech's commissar Seyss-Inquart bans homosexuals July 31, 1938 New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" July 31, 1937 Politburo enables Operative Order 00447: execute 193,000 Russians July 31, 1936 Tokyo, Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics, later cancelled July 31, 1935 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in July 31, 1934 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1) July 31, 1934 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cin Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant July 31, 1932 27th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2) July 31, 1932 Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Philadelphia A's beat Indians 1-0 July 31, 1932 George Washington quarter goes into circulation July 31, 1932 German Election (NSDAP gets 37.3%) July 31, 1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13 July 31, 1929 Aristide Briand becomes premier of France July 31, 1925 Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied July 31, 1925 Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England July 31, 1923 Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University July 31, 1922 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn) July 31, 1922 Italy's general strike against fascist violence July 31, 1919 Germany accepts Weimar Constitution July 31, 1917 3rd battle of Ypres begins July 31, 1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize July 31, 1914 Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo July 31, 1912 RBC soccer team forms in Roosendaal July 31, 1912 U.S. government prohibits movies and photos of prize fights July 31, 1911 Hungarian education is only taught in German July 31, 1910 Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St. Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game July 31, 1910 Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration July 31, 1909 Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th July 31, 1905 Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa July 31, 1901 Abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands July 31, 1900 Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin July 31, 1899 Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's July 31, 1893 Henry Perky patents shredded wheat July 31, 1876 U.S. Coast Guard officers' training school established New Bedford, Massachusetts July 31, 1874 Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as President of Georgetown U July 31, 1864 Ulysses S. Grant is named General of Volunteers July 31, 1861 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record July 31, 1855 Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4 degrees C avg) July 31, 1852 Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4 degrees F (20.2 degrees C) avg) July 31, 1849 Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon July 31, 1830 Charles X of France resigns by force July 31, 1813 British invade Plattsburgh, New York July 31, 1809 1st practical U.S. railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila July 31, 1794 All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem July 31, 1792 Cornerstone laid for 1st U.S. government building: U.S. Mint in Phila July 31, 1790 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process July 31, 1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army July 31, 1774 Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen July 31, 1751 Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses July 31, 1737 Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court July 31, 1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish July 31, 1667 Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends July 31, 1664 Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris July 31, 1658 Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor July 31, 1653 Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux July 31, 1620 Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America July 31, 1588 English fleet beats Spanish Armada July 31, 1498 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad July 31, 1291 Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine July 31, 904 Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies and plunders Thessalonica July 31, 768 [Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope July 31, 432 St. Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope |