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Daily Calendar for Thursday, July 31, 2014

Born

  • John Ericsson (engineer) –
  • Theobald Smith (bacteriologist) –
  • Jean Dubuffet (artist) –
  • Primo Levi (author) –
  • Whitney Moore Young Jr. (civil rights activist) –
  • Susan Flannery (actress) –
  • Geraldine Chaplin (actress) –
  • Wesley Snipes (actor) –
  • J. K. Rowling (author) –
  • Dean Cain (actor) –
  • Tim Couch (football player) –

Died

  • Andrew Johnson (17th U.S. president) –
  • Robert A. Taft (politician) –

Events

  • George Washington signed the first United States Patent Grant to Samuel Hopkins of Pittsford, Vermont, for a new method of making Potash–
  • David Rittenhouse, Director of the Mint, laid the cornerstone of the building being built in Philadelphia for the U.S. Mint–
  • Alys McKey Bryant first woman to fly a plane in Canada–
  • The first automobile, a Ford Model T, was permitted into Yellowstone National Park–
  • The Shadow radio program first aired–
  • 5-pound 3-ounce white crappie caught, Enid Dam, Mississippi–
  • IBM released the Selectric typewriter–
  • U.S. probe Ranger 7 relayed first moon close-ups–
  • Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin became the first people to drive a vehicle on the Moon–
  • French became the official language of Quebec–
  • Former Teamsters Union president, James R. Hoffa, was reported missing–
  • NASA released the famous Face on Mars photo, taken by Viking 1–
  • The ashes of astrogeologist Eugene Shoemaker were deposited on the Moon–

Weather

  • Hail fell 12 inches deep in Scituate, Massachusetts, remaining on the ground for 30 hours–
  • The Edmonton Tornado struck Alberta’s capital city, killing 27 people and causing more than $250 million in damage.–
  • Roswell, New Mexico, set a record for monthly rainfall with 6.68 inches–

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