Wednesday, July 31, 2013

This will be 212th day of the year and 153 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 24 Av 5773
Chinese calendar — the 24th day of the 6th month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

July 31 Birthdays

J. K. Rowling
1965–, writer

S. S. Kresge
merchant, philanthropist (1867)

Jean Dubuffet
painter and sculptor (1901)

Milton Friedman
economist (1912)

Whitney M. Young, Jr.
social reformer (1921)

Wesley Snipes
actor, producer (1962)

July 2013

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7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

July 31 in History

1498

Columbus arrived at the island of Trinidad.

1777

The Marquis de Lafayette became a major-general in the American Continental Army.

1790

The first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont for a process of making fertilizer.

1875

Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, died in Tennessee.

1954

Mount Godwin-Austen (K2), the world's second-highest peak, was climbed for the first time, by an Italian team led by Ardito Desio.

1964

The U.S. space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the Moon’s surface.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.