July 31st, 1951

Born on July 31st, 1951

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 31st?

July 31st, 2014

Gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, killed 32 people and injured 321 others.

July 31st, 2007

The Troubles: Operation Banner, the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland, ended after 38 years with a military stalemate and ceasefire.

July 31st, 2006

Following intestinal surgery, Fidel Castro provisionally transferred the duties of the Cuban presidency to his brother Raúl.

July 31st, 2002

Hamas detonated a bomb at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, killing nine students and injuring about 100 more.

July 31st, 2000

Three years after being hit by a mudslide, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Hong Kong fully reopened.

July 31st, 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.

July 31st, 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.

July 31st, 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.

July 31st, 1971

Apollo program: The first Lunar Roving Vehicle was used during the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon.

July 31st, 1966

The pleasure cruiser MV Darlwyne disappeared off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all 31 people aboard.

July 31st, 1954

A team of Italian climbers became the first to reach the summit of K2 (pictured), the world's second-highest mountain.

July 31st, 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".

July 31st, 1924

Herbert Payne's bill introducing compulsory voting in Australia was passed into law.

July 31st, 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.

July 31st, 1777

The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution commissioning the Marquis de Lafayette (pictured) as a major general in the American revolutionary forces.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 31st

Born on July 31st, 1951

72

Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Australian Aboriginal tennis player

*July 31st, 1951, Barellan

72

Barry Van Dyke

American actor

*July 31st, 1951, Atlanta

50

Carlo Karges

German guitarist and songwriter (1951–2002)

*July 31st, 1951, Hamburg †January 30th, 2002, Hamburg

72

Graeme Malcolm

Actor

*July 31st, 1951, Dunfermline

71

Sarath Babu

Indian actor

*July 31st, 1951, Amudalavalasa †May 22nd, 2023, Hyderabad

52

Patricia Mattick

American actress (1951-2003)

*July 31st, 1951, Denver †December 6th, 2003, Tallahassee

52

Gerald Anthony

American actor (1951-2004)

*July 31st, 1951, Pittsburgh †May 28th, 2004, Butler

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 31st?

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

58

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

59

C. C. Catch

Dutch-German pop singer

*July 31st, 1964, Oss

68

Louis de Funès

French actor and comedian

*July 31st, 1914, Courbevoie †January 27th, 1983, Nantes

36

Lukas Runggaldier

Italian Nordic combined skier

*July 31st, 1987, Bolzano

90

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch writer

*July 31st, 1933, The Hague

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

84

France Nuyen

French actress

*July 31st, 1939, Marseille

76

Hubert Védrine

French diplomat and politician

*July 31st, 1947, Bellegarde-en-Marche

66

Paul Provenza

American stand-up comedian and actor

*July 31st, 1957, The Bronx

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

65

Mark Cuban

American investor and entrepreneur (born 1958)

*July 31st, 1958, Pittsburgh

58

Mario von Appen

Canoe racer

*July 31st, 1965, Hamburg

73

Richard Berry

French actor, film director, screenwriter

*July 31st, 1950, 12th arrondissement of Paris

65

Richard Griffiths

British actor

*July 31st, 1947, Thornaby-on-Tees †March 28th, 2013, University Hospital Coventry

74

Brian Turner

New Zealand footballer

*July 31st, 1949, New Zealand

71

Alan Autry

American football player, politician and actor (born 1952)

*July 31st, 1952, Shreveport

75

Pascal Ory

French historian

*July 31st, 1948, Fougères

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Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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