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| About July 31st is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 153 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. July 31st is Ka Hae Hawai‘i, Hawaiian Flag Day. Births 1912 - Milton Friedman, economist, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences recipient 1916 - Louise Smith, "the first lady of racing" 1921 - Whitney Young, civil rights leader 1923 - Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records 1932 - Ted Cassidy, actor, voice actor, Lurch from The Addams Family 1962 - Wesley Snipes, actor, film producer, martial artist (Blade) 1965 - J. K. Rowling, author (Harry Potter) 1966 - Dean Cain, actor (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) 1979 - B. J. Novak, actor, comedian, screenwriter (The Office) Deaths 1653 - Thomas Dudley, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1875 - Andrew Johnson, 17th U.S. President 1953 - Robert Taft, U.S. Senator (Ohio) 1966 - Bud Powell, influential Jazz pianist 1996 - Seagram, rapper, hip-hop artist 2001 - Poul Anderson, novelist, short story author Events 1964 - The first close-up photos of the moon are taken by a U.S. unmanned lunar probe named Ranger 7. The 4,038 photographs taken are 1,000 more clear than anything seen through telescopes from earth. 1975 - James Riddle Hoffa, Teamsters Union president and one of the most influential labor leaders, disappears in Detroit, Michigan, never to be heard or seen from again. 1981 - The 41-day strike between owners and the Players Union in Major League Baseball comes to an end. 1990 - Nolan Ryan achieves his 300th victory as he pitches 7 2/3 innings with 8 strikeouts to lead the Texas Rangers to a 11-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. |
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