Today in History
31 July
210 births · 90 deaths · 51 events recorded
Notable Births
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João Gomes (singer)
b. 2002
Musical artist
Will Penisini
b. 2002
Tonga rugby league footballer (born 2002)
Kim Sae-ron
b. 2000
South Korean actress (2000–2025)
Rico Rodriguez (actor)
b. 1998
American actor (born 1998)
Lil Uzi Vert
b. 1995
American rapper and singer (born 1994)
Linus Ullmark
b. 1993
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1993)
José Fernández (right-handed pitcher)
b. 1992
Cuban-born American baseball player (1992–2016)
Ryan Johansen
b. 1992
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Notable Deaths
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Paul Bucha
d. 2024
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Ismail Haniyeh
d. 2024
Palestinian politician (c.1962–2024)
Angus Cloud
d. 2023
American actor (1998–2023)
Fidel V. Ramos
d. 2022
President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998
Bill Russell
d. 2022
American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)
Alan Parker
d. 2020
British filmmaker (1944–2020)
Harold Prince
d. 2019
American theatre producer and director (1928–2019)
Jeanne Moreau
d. 2017
French actress, singer, screenwriter and director (1928–2017)
On This Day in History
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2014
Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.
2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions
2012
Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
Michael Phelps
2008
East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
East Coast Jets Flight 81
2007
Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
Operation Banner
2006
Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
Fidel Castro
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.
Discovery Program
1997
FedEx Express Flight 14 crashes at Newark International Airport, injuring five.
FedEx Express Flight 14
1992
The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
Georgia (country)