July 31st, 1981

Born on July 31st, 1981

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 397 days, exactly on May 21st, 2025, people who were born on July 31st, 1981 will be 16,000 days old!

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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, 1981

42

Marguerite Wheatley

South African actress

*July 31st, 1981, South Africa

42

Ira Losco

Maltese singer

*July 31st, 1981, Sliema

42

Titus Bramble

British footballer (born 1981)

*July 31st, 1981, Ipswich

42

Mesut Kurtis

Macedonian singer

*July 31st, 1981, Skopje

42

Karen Hassan

Irish actress

*July 31st, 1981, Belfast

42

M. Shadows

American heavy metal singer

*July 31st, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Clemente" corneta " Rodríguez

Argentine association football player

*July 31st, 1981, Lomas de Zamora Partido

42

Márcio Luiz Adurens

Brazilian footballer

*July 31st, 1981, Santos

42

Julien Pierre

French rugby union player

*July 31st, 1981, Rodez

42

Alberto Jesús López

El trovador del gol

*July 31st, 1981, Santiago

42

Paul Whatuira

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*July 31st, 1981, Wellington

42

Vernon Carey

Player of American football

*July 31st, 1981, Miami

42

Ana Cláudia Michels

Brazilian model

*July 31st, 1981, Joinville

42

Michael Muñoz

All-American college football player, offensive lineman

*July 31st, 1981, Ohio

42

Brady Toops

American musician

*July 31st, 1981, Minneapolis

42

Eric Lively

American actor

*July 31st, 1981, Atlanta

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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

36

Lukas Runggaldier

Italian Nordic combined skier

*July 31st, 1987, Bolzano

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

59

C. C. Catch

Dutch-German pop singer

*July 31st, 1964, Oss

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

36

Michael Bradley

American soccer player

*July 31st, 1987, Princeton

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

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

68

Louis de Funès

French actor and comedian

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

40

Fiona Onasanya

British former politician (born 1983)

*July 31st, 1983, Cambridge

52

Eve Best

British actress

*July 31st, 1971, London

58

Mario von Appen

Canoe racer

*July 31st, 1965, Hamburg

37

Wunmi Mosaku

English-Nigerian actress

*July 31st, 1986, Zaria

54

Antonio Conte

Italian association football player and manager

*July 31st, 1969, Lecce

34

Zelda Williams

American actress

*July 31st, 1989, New York City

43

Houcine Camara

French singer

*July 31st, 1980, Nancy

90

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch writer

*July 31st, 1933, The Hague

45

Will Champion

English drummer (born 1978)

*July 31st, 1978, Southampton

41

Mira Craig

Norwegian singer

*July 31st, 1982, Oslo

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Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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