July 31
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1992
The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
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Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal, killing all 113 people on board.
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China General Aviation Flight 7552 crashes during takeoff from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, killing 108.
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Space Shuttle program: Atlantis is launched on STS-46 to deploy the European Retrievable Carrier and the Tethered Satellite System.
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FedEx Express Flight 14 crashes at Newark International Airport, injuring five.
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Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface.
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Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
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Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
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East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
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Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
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Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.
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A De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser collide over Soldotna, Alaska, killing all seven people on board both aircraft, including state representative Gary Knopp.
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2003Calvin Ramsay, Scottish footballer
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2002João Gomes, Brazilian singer
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2002Will Penisini, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
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2000Kim Sae-ron, South Korean actress (died 2025)
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1998Rico Rodriguez, American actor
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1997Thomas Bryant, American basketball player
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1995Lil Uzi Vert, American hip hop artist
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1993Linus Ullmark, Swedish professional hockey player
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1992José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (died 2016)
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1992Ryan Johansen, Canadian ice hockey player
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1992Kyle Larson, American race car driver
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1991Réka Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player
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