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| [[Calendar of saints|Feast day]] of '''[[Ignatius of Loyola|Saint Ignatius of Loyola]]''' ([[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] and [[Anglican Communion|Anglicanism]]) |
| [[Calendar of saints|Feast day]] of '''[[Ignatius of Loyola|Saint Ignatius of Loyola]]''' ([[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] and [[Anglican Communion|Anglicanism]]) |
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| [[781]] – The first recorded eruption of Japan's '''[[Mount Fuji]]''' ''(pictured)'' took place. |
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| [[1658]] – Having defeated his brothers in a war of succession, '''[[Aurangzeb]]''' was crowned the sixth [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]]. |
| [[1658]] – Having defeated his brothers in a war of succession, '''[[Aurangzeb]]''' was crowned the sixth [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]]. |
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| [[1924]] – [[Herbert Payne]]'s bill introducing '''[[compulsory voting in Australia]]''' was passed into law. |
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| [[1930]] – '''''[[The Shadow]]''''', one of the most famous [[Pulp magazine|pulp heroes]] of the 20th century, debuted as the mysterious narrator of a radio program. |
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| [[1991]] – The Soviet Union and the United States signed the [[bilateral treaty|bilateral]] {{nowrap|'''[[START I]]'''}} treaty<!-- ''(signing pictured)''-->, the largest and most complex [[arms control]] treaty in history, which eventually removed 80% of all [[strategic nuclear weapon]]s then in existence. |
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* [[1009]] – '''[[Pope Sergius IV|Sergius IV]]''' became the [[List of popes|142nd pope]], succeeding [[Pope John XVIII|John XVIII]]. |
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* [[1924]] – [[Herbert Payne]]'s bill introducing '''[[compulsory voting in Australia]]''' was passed into law. |
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* [[1941]] – [[The Holocaust]]: Under instructions from [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Hermann Göring]] authorised [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] General [[Reinhard Heydrich]] to handle preparations for "the '''[[Final Solution]]''' of the [[Jewish question]]". |
* [[1941]] – [[The Holocaust]]: Under instructions from [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Hermann Göring]] authorised [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] General [[Reinhard Heydrich]] to handle preparations for "the '''[[Final Solution]]''' of the [[Jewish question]]". |
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* [[1971]] – [[Apollo program]]: The first [[Lunar Roving Vehicle]] was used during the '''[[Apollo 15|{{nowrap|Apollo 15}}]]''' mission to the [[Moon]]. |
* [[1971]] – [[Apollo program]]: The first [[Lunar Roving Vehicle]] was used during the '''[[Apollo 15|{{nowrap|Apollo 15}}]]''' mission to the [[Moon]]. |
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* [[1975]] – [[The Troubles]]: In '''[[Miami Showband killings|a botched paramilitary attack]]''', three members of the popular [[The Miami Showband|Miami Showband]] and two [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] gunmen were killed in [[County Down]], Northern Ireland. |
* [[1975]] – [[The Troubles]]: In '''[[Miami Showband killings|a botched paramilitary attack]]''', three members of the popular [[The Miami Showband|Miami Showband]] and two [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] gunmen were killed in [[County Down]], Northern Ireland. |
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* [[1991]] – Soviet [[OMON|Special Purpose Police Unit]] troops killed seven Lithuanian customs officials in [[Medininkai]] in the most serious attack of their '''[[Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts|campaign against Lithuanian border posts]]'''. |
* [[1991]] – Soviet [[OMON|Special Purpose Police Unit]] troops killed seven Lithuanian customs officials in [[Medininkai]] in the most serious attack of their '''[[Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts|campaign against Lithuanian border posts]]'''. |
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* [[2002]] – [[Hamas]] '''[[Hebrew University bombing|detonated a bomb]]''' at the [[Mount Scopus]] campus of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], killing nine students and injuring about 100 more. |
* [[2002]] – [[Hamas]] '''[[Hebrew University bombing|detonated a bomb]]''' at the [[Mount Scopus]] campus of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], killing nine students and injuring about 100 more. |
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* [[2012]] – '''[[2012 India blackouts|The largest power outage in history]]''' occurred across 22 [[States and union territories of India|Indian states]], affecting more than 620 million people, or about 9 percent of the world's population. |
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* Born/died: | '''[[William Courtenay]]'''<!--English bishop--> |d|1396|'''[[Roger Wilbraham]]'''<!--English lawyer--> |d|1616| '''[[Jean-Gaspard Deburau]]'''<!--French mime--> |b|1796| '''[[Friedrich Wöhler]]'''<!--German chemist--> |b|1800| '''[[William S. Clark]]'''<!--American chemist--> |b|1826| [[Charles Inglis (engineer)|Charles Inglis]] <!--American engineer--> |b|1875| '''[[Fred Keenor]]'''<!--Welsh footballer--> |b|1894| '''[[Doris Zinkeisen]]'''<!--Scottish theatre designer--> |b|1898| '''[[Gubby Allen]]'''<!--English cricketer, male--> |b|1902| '''[[Bill Brown (cricketer)|Bill Brown]]'''<!--Australian cricketer--> |b|1912 |'''[[Hilary Putnam]]'''<!--American philosopher--> |b|1926| '''[[David Norris (politician)|David Norris]]'''<!--Irish politician--> |b|1944| '''[[Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd]]'''<!--American mistress of FDR--> |d|1948 |'''[[Cho Ki-chon]]'''<!--North Korean poet--> |d|1951|'''[[J. K. Rowling|{{nowrap|J. K.}} Rowling]]'''<!--English writer--> |b|1965 |'''[[Isamu Kamikokuryo]]'''<!--Japanese video game designer-->|b|1970| '''[[Lola Álvarez Bravo]]'''<!--Mexican photographer-->|d|1993 |
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'''[[July 31]]''': '''[[Flag of Hawaii|{{lang|haw|Lā Hae Hawaiʻi|cat=no}} (Flag Day)]]''' and '''[[Sovereignty Restoration Day|{{lang|haw|Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea|cat=no}} (Sovereignty Restoration Day)]]''' in Hawaii ([[1843]]) |
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* [[1966]] – The pleasure cruiser '''[[Loss of MV Darlwyne|MV ''Darlwyne'']]''' disappeared off the coast of [[Cornwall]] with the loss of all 31 people aboard. |
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⚫ | * [[1972]] – [[The Troubles]]: Hours after the [[British Army]]'s '''[[Operation Motorman]]''' brought an end to the self-declared autonomous area of '''[[Free Derry]]''' ''([[Free Derry Corner]] pictured)'' in Northern Ireland, '''[[Claudy bombing|three car bombs exploded]]''' in the village of [[Claudy]]. |
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* [[2000]] – Three years after being hit by a [[Mudflow|mudslide]], the '''[[Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery]]''' in Hong Kong fully reopened. |
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* [[2014]] – [[2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions|'''Gas explosions''']] in [[Kaohsiung]], Taiwan, killed 32 people and injured 321 others. |
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Lunar Rover-Manned land vehicle (NASA)
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Raúl Castro
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The Vigils of Charles VII, a manuscript of Martial d'Auvergne depicting the Battle of Cravant, dated to around 1484
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
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Feast day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (Catholicism and Anglicanism) | appears on March 12 |
781 – The first recorded eruption of Japan's Mount Fuji (pictured) took place. | Refimprove |
1423 – Hundred Years' War: The English and their Burgundian allies were victorious over the French at the Battle of Cravant near Auxerre, France. | Refimprove |
1658 – Having defeated his brothers in a war of succession, Aurangzeb was crowned the sixth Mughal Emperor. | lots of {{cn}} tags (19) |
1924 – Herbert Payne's bill introducing compulsory voting in Australia was passed into law. | cn tags |
1930 – The Shadow, one of the most famous pulp heroes of the 20th century, debuted as the mysterious narrator of a radio program. | refimprove sections |
1991 – The Soviet Union and the United States signed the bilateral START I treaty, the largest and most complex arms control treaty in history, which eventually removed 80% of all strategic nuclear weapons then in existence. | refimprove section |
1999 – NASA's Lunar Prospector was deliberately crashed into the Shoemaker crater near the Moon's south pole in an unsuccessful attempt to detect the presence of water. | refimprove |
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- 1009 – Sergius IV became the 142nd pope, succeeding John XVIII.
- 1200 or 1201 – John Komnenos the Fat briefly seized the throne of the Byzantine Empire from Alexios III Angelos, but was captured and executed that night.
- 1667 – The Second Anglo-Dutch War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Breda.
- 1777 – The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution commissioning the Marquis de Lafayette (pictured) as a major general in the American revolutionary forces.
- 1917 – First World War: The Battle of Passchendaele began near Ypres, Belgium, with the Allies aiming to force German troops to withdraw from the Channel Ports.
- 1924 – Herbert Payne's bill introducing compulsory voting in Australia was passed into law.
- 1941 – The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring authorised SS General Reinhard Heydrich to handle preparations for "the Final Solution of the Jewish question".
- 1954 – A team of Italian climbers became the first to reach the summit of K2 (pictured), the world's second-highest mountain.
- 1971 – Apollo program: The first Lunar Roving Vehicle was used during the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon.
- 1975 – The Troubles: In a botched paramilitary attack, three members of the popular Miami Showband and two Ulster Volunteer Force gunmen were killed in County Down, Northern Ireland.
- 1991 – Soviet Special Purpose Police Unit troops killed seven Lithuanian customs officials in Medininkai in the most serious attack of their campaign against Lithuanian border posts.
- 2002 – Hamas detonated a bomb at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, killing nine students and injuring about 100 more.
- 2007 – The Troubles: Operation Banner, the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland, ended after 38 years with a military stalemate and ceasefire.
- 2012 – The largest power outage in history occurred across 22 Indian states, affecting more than 620 million people, or about 9 percent of the world's population.
- Born/died: | William Courtenay |d|1396|Roger Wilbraham |d|1616| Jean-Gaspard Deburau |b|1796| Friedrich Wöhler |b|1800| William S. Clark |b|1826| Charles Inglis |b|1875| Fred Keenor |b|1894| Doris Zinkeisen |b|1898| Gubby Allen |b|1902| Bill Brown |b|1912 |Hilary Putnam |b|1926| David Norris |b|1944| Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd |d|1948 |Cho Ki-chon |d|1951|J. K. Rowling |b|1965 |Isamu Kamikokuryo|b|1970| Lola Álvarez Bravo|d|1993
July 31: Lā Hae Hawaiʻi (Flag Day) and Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) in Hawaii (1843)
- 1966 – The pleasure cruiser MV Darlwyne disappeared off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all 31 people aboard.
- 1972 – The Troubles: Hours after the British Army's Operation Motorman brought an end to the self-declared autonomous area of Free Derry (Free Derry Corner pictured) in Northern Ireland, three car bombs exploded in the village of Claudy.
- 2000 – Three years after being hit by a mudslide, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Hong Kong fully reopened.
- 2006 – Following intestinal surgery, Fidel Castro provisionally transferred the duties of the Cuban presidency to his brother Raúl.
- 2014 – Gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, killed 32 people and injured 321 others.
- Feng Xingxi (d. 910)
- Marion Talbot (b. 1858)
- José Santamaría (b. 1929)
- Nabarun Bhattacharya (d. 2014)