What Happened In July 1931 In History

Historical Events for July, 1931

• 1st » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• 16th » Emperor of Ethiopia called Emperor Haile Selassie I signs the 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia called first constitution of Ethiopia.
• 24th » A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.
• 31st » New York City e.g New York, New York experimental television station W2XAB (now known as WCBS-TV known as WCBS) begins broadcasts.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1931

• 1st » Leslie Caron, French actress and dancer
• 3rd » Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (d. 2004)
• 4th » Stephen Boyd, Irish-American actor (d. 1977)
• 4th » Rick Casares, American football player (d. 2013)
• 4th » Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (d. 2012)
• 4th » Sébastien Japrisot, French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 5th » Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (d. 2000)
• 5th » John Ure (diplomat) called John Ure, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Sweden
• 6th » Jean Campeau, Canadian businessman and politician
• 6th » Antonella Lualdi, Lebanese-Italian actress and singer
• 6th » Della Reese, American actress and singer
• 6th » László Tábori, Hungarian runner and coach
• 7th » David Eddings, American author (d. 2009)
• 8th » Roone Arledge, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 9th » Haynes Johnson, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 10th » Nick Adams (actor) called Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
• 10th » Jerry Herman, American composer and songwriter
• 10th » Julian May, American author
• 10th » Alice Munro, Canadian author, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate
• 11th » Dick Gray, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 11th » Thurston Harris, American singer (d. 1990)
• 11th » Tab Hunter, American actor and singer
• 11th » Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic
• 12th » Eric Ives, English historian and academic (d. 2012)
• 12th » Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2013)
• 13th » Frank Ramsey (basketball) known as Frank Ramsey, American basketball player and coach
• 13th » F. Morgan Taylor, Jr., American long jumper and businessman (d. 2010)
• 14th » Jacqueline de Ribes, French fashion designer
• 14th » E. V. Thompson, English police officer and author (d. 2012)
• 15th » Clive Cussler, American author
• 15th » Jacques-Yvan Morin, Canadian politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 20th » Tony Marsh (racing driver) called Tony Marsh, English race car driver (d. 2009)
• 21st » Plas Johnson, American saxophonist (B. Bumble and the Stingers and The Wrecking Crew (music) known as The Wrecking Crew)
• 22nd » Charles Huxtable (British Army officer) or Charles Huxtable, English general
• 22nd » Leo Labine, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
• 22nd » Perry Lopez, American actor (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (d. 2006)
• 23rd » Claude Fournier (filmmaker) known as Claude Fournier, Canadian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 23rd » Guy Fournier, Canadian author and screenwriter
• 24th » Ermanno Olmi, Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 24th » Éric Tabarly, French commander (d. 1998)
• 25th » James Butler (artist) known as James Butler, English sculptor and educator
• 26th » Robert Colbert, American actor
• 26th » Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast
• 26th » Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
• 27th » Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician, 28th List of Prime Ministers of Cambodia or Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 27th » Jerry Van Dyke, American actor and singer
• 28th » Alan Brownjohn, English poet and author
• 28th » Johnny Martin (cricketer) e.g Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
• 30th » Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author
• 31st » Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach
• 31st » Kenny Burrell, American guitarist
• 31st » Ivan Rebroff, German singer (d. 2008)

Famous Deaths for July 1931

• 4th » Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (b. 1869)
• 4th » Buddie Petit, American cornet player (b. 1895)
• 12th » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 15th » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 15th » Eduardo Camet, Argentinian fencer (b. 1876)
• 27th » Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (b. 1848)

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