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July 31 Deaths in History - July 31 Birthdays - July 31 Events
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July 31, 2001 Poul Anderson, writer, Operation Chaos, dies at 74 July 31, 1997 Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies July 31, 1997 Ulrich Ernst Simon, theologian, dies at 63 July 31, 1997 Bao Dai, ex-monarch, last emporer of Vietnam, dies at 83 July 31, 1997 Edith Fore, pitchwoman, I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 81 July 31, 1996 Joan "Maudie" Warburton, painter, dies at 76 July 31, 1996 Michael Jinks, child care pioneer, dies at 59 July 31, 1995 Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83 July 31, 1994 Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66 July 31, 1994 Caitlin Thomas, dies July 31, 1994 G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies July 31, 1994 Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92 July 31, 1993 Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems July 31, 1993 Elmar Klos, director (Obzalovany, Obchod na Korze), dies at 83 July 31, 1993 Paul Henry, U.S. Republicans Congressional leader, dies at 51 July 31, 1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 July 31, 1992 Joseph L George, dies of cancer at 65 July 31, 1992 Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56 July 31, 1992 Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies July 31, 1990 Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72 July 31, 1988 Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38 July 31, 1986 Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73 July 31, 1985 Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78 July 31, 1984 Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79 July 31, 1984 Paul Le Flem, composer, dies at 103 July 31, 1981 Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash July 31, 1980 Bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49 July 31, 1979 Beatrix Lehmann, actress (Psyche '59, Rat, Staircase), dies at 76 July 31, 1978 Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80 July 31, 1978 Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70 July 31, 1977 Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20 July 31, 1972 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73 July 31, 1969 Charles Edison, American Businessman July 31, 1968 Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 July 31, 1967 Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81 July 31, 1967 Richard Kuhn, German chemist, dies July 31, 1966 Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87 July 31, 1965 James Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75 July 31, 1964 Jim Reeves, U.S. country singer, dies in air crash at 39 July 31, 1960 Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77 July 31, 1953 Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in New York at 63 July 31, 1951 J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies July 31, 1948 Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70 July 31, 1944 Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Fr pilot/writer (Small Prince), dies at 44 July 31, 1942 Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79 July 31, 1940 Whitney Krakower, U.S. gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel July 31, 1932 Francesco Paolo Neglia, composer, dies at 58 July 31, 1921 Edgar Saltus, American Writer July 31, 1914 A J Jean Jaures, French socialist (L'Humanite/Les Preuves), murdered= July 31, 1891 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77 July 31, 1886 Franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74 July 31, 1875 Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66 July 31, 1864 Louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64 July 31, 1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish July 31, 1795 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 July 31, 1790 Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48 July 31, 1784 Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies July 31, 1763 James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies July 31, 1750 Johan V, King of Portugal, dies July 31, 1693 Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73 July 31, 1648 Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 July 31, 1566 Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 July 31, 1556 Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 July 31, 1556 St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Society of Jesus, dies in Rome July 31, 1556 Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint July 31, 1358 Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies |