July 31st, 1966

Born on July 31st, 1966

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What happened on July 31st, 1966?

July 31st, 1966

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_MV_Darlwyne

July 31st, 1966

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_MV_Darlwyne

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on July 31st, 1966

57

Dean Cain

American actor (born 1966)

*July 31st, 1966, Mount Clemens

57

Valdas Ivanauskas

Lithuanian footballer

*July 31st, 1966, Kaunas

57

Jim True-Frost

American actor

*July 31st, 1966, Greenwich

57

Marcus Grüsser

German actor

*July 31st, 1966, Berchtesgaden

57

Tylyn John

American Playboy model

*July 31st, 1966, Encino

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

58

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

59

C. C. Catch

Dutch-German pop singer

*July 31st, 1964, Oss

58

Mario von Appen

Canoe racer

*July 31st, 1965, Hamburg

36

Lukas Runggaldier

Italian Nordic combined skier

*July 31st, 1987, Bolzano

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

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

54

Antonio Conte

Italian association football player and manager

*July 31st, 1969, Lecce

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

68

Louis de Funès

French actor and comedian

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

52

Eve Best

British actress

*July 31st, 1971, London

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

61

Wesley Snipes

American actor

*July 31st, 1962, Orlando

54

Loren Dean

American actor

*July 31st, 1969, Las Vegas

65

Mark Cuban

American investor and entrepreneur (born 1958)

*July 31st, 1958, Pittsburgh

90

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch writer

*July 31st, 1933, The Hague

66

Paul Provenza

American stand-up comedian and actor

*July 31st, 1957, The Bronx

53

Kabwe Kasongo

Congolese association football player

*July 31st, 1970, Kinshasa

84

France Nuyen

French actress

*July 31st, 1939, Marseille

36

Michael Bradley

American soccer player

*July 31st, 1987, Princeton

Same year
Born in 1966

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

58

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

58

Catrin Striebeck

German actress

*April 18th, 1966, Vienna

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Stefan Mappus

German politician, former PM of Baden-Württemberg

*April 4th, 1966, Pforzheim

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Day , Lā Hae Hawaiʻi Day) which are celebrated on July 31st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on July 31st, 1966
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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