What happened on 31 july

There have been many significant events that occurred on July 31st throughout history. Here are a few:

  1. 1556 - The Siege of Siena ends with the capture of the city by the Spanish.

  2. 1790 - The first edition of "The Daily Advertiser" is published in New York City.

  3. 1831 - The United States Coast Guard is established.

  4. 1864 - The first naval battle of the American Civil War, the Battle of Mobile Bay, takes place.

  5. 1917 - The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

  6. 1929 - The first "talkie" film, "The Lights of New York," is released.

  7. 1941 - The USS Reuben James, a U.S. Navy destroyer, is torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat while escorting a convoy of Allied ships across the North Atlantic.

  8. 1952 - The United States detonates the first hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

  9. 1964 - The Beatles release their album "A Hard Day's Night" in the United Kingdom.

  10. 1981 - The first mobile phone call is made by Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola.

  11. 1991 - The United States launches Operation Desert Storm, a military operation against Iraq.

  12. 2012 - The United States launches a drone strike that kills the leader of the Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansour.

These are just a few of the many events that have occurred on July 31st throughout history.