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Monday July 31, 2023

July 31: Day of the Week

July 31, 2023 was the 212th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 153 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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 Event(s)

  • 1009
    Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
  • 1913
    The Balkan States signs an armistice at Bucharest.
  • 1961
    At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in major league baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning because of rain.
  • 1964
    Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
  • 1970
    Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
  • 1973
    A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
  • 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.
  • 1999
    Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector – NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon’s surface.
  • 2006
    Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Castro.
  • 2007
    Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.

Who were born on July 31?

  • 1919
    Primo Levi, Italian author and chemist (d. 1987)
  • 1923
    Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach and father of Chris Evert
  • 1933
    Cees Nooteboom, Dutch writer
  • 1943
    Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor
  • 1950
    Steve Miller, American writer
  • 1953
    Jimmy Cook, South African cricketer
  • 1970
    Dave Wedge, American journalist
  • 1975
    Andrew Hall, Former South African cricketer
  • 1975
    Mike Lincoln, American baseball player
  • 1985
    Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist

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