July 31: Day Of The Week
July 31, 2013 is the 212nd day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 153 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| July | ||||||
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 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 | |||
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
July 31 Historical Events
- 904 –Thessalonica falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city.
- 1009 –Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
- 1423 –Hundred Years’ War: Battle of Cravant – the French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
- 1658 –Aurangzeb is proclaimed Moghul emperor of India.
- 1790 –The very first U.S. patent is issued: to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
- 1856 –Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
- 1938 –Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
- 1948 –At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
- 1991 –The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries’ stockpiles.
- 1992 –Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
Who were born on July 31?
- 1737 –Princess Augusta of Great Britain (d. 1813)
- 1803 –John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (d. 1889)
- 1912 –Irv Kupcinet, American newspaper columnist (d. 2003)
- 1941 –Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (d. 2004)
- 1943 –William Bennett, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
- 1967 –Tony Massenburg, American basketball player
- 1970 –Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian writer
- 1971 –John Lowery, American guitarist
- 1978 –Zeta Makripoulia, Greek actress, model and TV presenter
- 1985 –Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist
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