July 31, 2022
QUOTE
Don’t let the muggles get you down.
--J. K. Rowling
BIRTHDAYS
1886 – Fred Quimby, Animation producer
1911 – George Liberace, Violinist
1919 – Curt Gowdy, Sportscaster and actor
1921 – Donald Malarkey, Sergeant and author
1962 – Kevin Greene, Football player and coach
1965 – J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer
IN MEMORY
1875 – Andrew Johnson, General and politician, 17th President of the United States
1964 – Jim Reeves, Singer-songwriter
2013 – Michael Ansara, Actor
2015 – Roddy Piper, Wrestler and actor
IN ON THIS DAY
30 BC – Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian’s forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji.
1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
1948 – USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
2006 – Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.