July 31
This day in history:
- 1763 – Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
- 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
- 1973 – A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
- 1992 – Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
Births:
- 1724 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (d. 1801)
- 1976 – Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer and manager
- 1950 – Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter
Deaths:
- 1986 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
- 1396 – William Courtenay, English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1342)
- 1693 – Willem Kalf, Dutch still life painter (b. 1619)
Holidays:
- Warriors' Day (Malaysia)
- * Day (Hawaii, United States), and its related observance:*
- Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh (Haryana and Punjab, India)
Random Article of the day:
Erulan Jamaubaev
Erulan Kenjebekuly Jamaubaev (Kazakh: Ерұлан Кенжебекұлы Жамаубаев, Erūlan Kenjebekūly Jamaubaev; born 25 March 1974) is a Kazakh politician who's serving as Minister of Finance since 2020.