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What happened in history on this day: July 31?
On July 31 in ...
- 1970 - Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends Huntley-Brinkley Report TV show.
- 1989 - CBC Newsworld news and information TV channel debuts on cable systems across Canada.
Births on July 31
- 1911 - Birth of George Liberace in Menasha, Wisconsin, USA; conductor and violinist, conducted orchestra for brother pianist Wladziu Liberace (The Liberace Show).
- 1912 - Birth of Irv Kupcinet in Chicago, Illinois, USA; TV host (At Random, Tonight! America After Dark).
- 1916 - Birth of Bill Todman in New York City, New York, USA; game show producer (The Price is Right, To Tell the Truth, Beat the Clock, I've Got a Secret, What's My Line).
- 1919 - Birth of Curt Gowdy in Green River, Wyoming, USA; sportscaster (New York Yankees, Chicago Red Sox, ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, George Foster Peabody Award 1970, host of American Sportsman).
- 1929 - Birth of Don Murray in California, USA; actor (Bus Stop, Advise and Consent, Endless Love, Knots Landing, Sons and Daughters).
- 1935 - Birth of Geoffrey Lewis in Plainsfield, New Jersey, USA; actor (Earl - Flo, Gun Shy, Falcon Crest).
- 1939 - Birth of France Nuyen in Marselles, France; actress (St. Elsewhere, Diamond Head).
- 1940 - Birth of Stanley Jaffe; film producer (Fatal Attraction).
- 1943 - Birth of Susan Flannery in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Leslie Stewart - Dallas, The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1944 - Birth of Geraldine Chaplin in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Dr Zhivago, The Three Musketeers, My Cousin Rachel, Dinotopia).
- 1944 - Birth of Sherry Lansing in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (The China Syndrome, Black Rain).
- 1950 - Birth of Lane Davies; actor (Mason - Santa Barbara, Impure Thoughts).
- 1951 - Birth of Barry Van Dyke in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (Lieutenant Dillon - Battlestar Galactica, Diagnosis Murder).
- 1953 - Birth of James Read; actor (Wildfire, Remington Steele).
- 1956 - Birth of Michael Biehn; actor (Magnificent Seven, Adventure Inc.).
- 1957 - Birth of Dirk Blocker in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four).
- 1958 - Birth of Wally Kurth; actor (Days of Our Lives).
- 1962 - Birth of Wesley Snipes; actor (Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child).
- 1966 - Birth of Dean Cain; actor (Lois and Clark).
- 1975 - Birth of Annie Parisse in Anchorage, Alaska, USA; actress (Law and Order).
- 1977 - Birth of Robert Telfer; actor (Riders in the Sky, Days of our Lives).
- 1979 - Birth of B.J. Novak; actor (The Office).
Deaths on July 31
- 1964 - Death of Jim Reeves at age 29 in single-engine plane crash near Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country music singer ("Four Walls", "He'll Have to Go", "I'm Getting Better", "Am I Losing You", "Welcome to My World", "I Guess I'm Crazy", The Jim Reeves Show on radio and TV).
- 1980 - Death of Bobby Van AKA Robert Stein of brain cancer at age 49; singer, actor, and game show panellist (Tattletales), host (Showoffs, The Fun Factory, Make Me Laugh).
- 1984 - Death of Bill Raisch of lung cancer at age 79; one armed actor (Fred Johnson - The Fugitive TV show).
- 1988 - Trindad Silva of TV show Hill Street Blues, dies at age 38 in an auto accident.
- 2004 - Death of Virginia Grey at age 87 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (over 100 films and 40 TV shows, Wagon Train, The Moneychangers).
- 2023 - Death of Angus Cloud at age 25 at home in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Fezco - Euphoria TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Carol Duvall at age 97 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA; TV host (The Carol Duvall Show TV show).
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