| 75 years anniversary |
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31 Jul 1949
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Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman
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31 Jul 1949
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Mike Jackson, former NBA player |
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31 Jul 1949
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birth
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Sir Alan Meale, English politician |
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31 Jul 1949
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Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman
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| 50 years anniversary |
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31 Jul 1974
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birth
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Emilia Fox, English actress |
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31 Jul 1974
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birth
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Leona Naess, American-English singer-songwriter |
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31 Jul 1974
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birth
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Jonathan Ogden, American football player |
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| 25 years anniversary |
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31 Jul 1999
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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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31 Jul 1999
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Christina Aguilera scored her first US No.1 single with 'Genie In A Bottle', also No.1 in the UK. The song spent 5 weeks at No.1 on the US chart and won Aguilera the Best New Artist Grammy for the year.
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31 Jul 1999
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Wu-Tang Clan member Ol Dirty Bastard, (real name Russell Jones) was arrested for crack and marijuana possession in New York after being stopped by police during a routine traffic offence.
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| 20 years anniversary |
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31 Jul 2004
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death
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Laura Betti, Italian actress and singer (b. 1927) |
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31 Jul 2004
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death
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Virginia Grey, American actress and singer (b. 1917) |
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31 Jul 2004
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music
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Mark Morrison was arrested after a fracas at Leicester's After Dark night-club in which his platinum and diamond medallion was stolen. Morrison said he was the victim and complained of wrongful arrest, unlawful imprisonment and police assault. A £20,000 reward for the return of the pendant was offered by the singer's record label.
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| 15 years anniversary |
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31 Jul 2009
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death
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Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933) |
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31 Jul 2009
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death
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Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1920) |
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31 Jul 2009
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Three members of the popular South Korean group TVXQ, (Kim Jaejoong, Kim Junsu, and Park Yoochun), filed lawsuit against their Korean management S.M. Entertainment. |
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| 10 years anniversary |
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31 Jul 2014
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death
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Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (b. 1925) |
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31 Jul 2014
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death
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Nabarun Bhattacharya, Indian journalist and author (b. 1948) |
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31 Jul 2014
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death
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Jeff Bourne, English footballer (b. 1948) |
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31 Jul 2014
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death
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Wilfred Feinberg, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920) |
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31 Jul 2014
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death
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Kenny Ireland, Scottish actor and director (b. 1945) |
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31 Jul 2014
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music
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Meceo McEaddy was sentenced to between five and 10 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from concert promoters by posing as a booking agent. McEaddy who pretended to be in charge of Lady Gaga, Rihanna and several other celebrities, pleaded guilty to 21 counts of grand larceny and fraud, according to Manhattan district attorney's office.
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