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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_31" title="July 31">July 31</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Hawaii" title="Flag of Hawaii"><span title="Hawaiian-language text"><i lang="haw">Lā Hae Hawaiʻi</i></span> (Flag Day)</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty_Restoration_Day" title="Sovereignty Restoration Day"><span title="Hawaiian-language text"><i lang="haw">Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea</i></span> (Sovereignty Restoration Day)</a></b> in Hawaii (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966" title="1966">1966</a> – The pleasure cruiser <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_MV_Darlwyne" title="Loss of MV Darlwyne">MV <i>Darlwyne</i></a></b> disappeared off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> with the loss of all 31 people aboard.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>: Hours after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>'s <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Motorman" title="Operation Motorman">Operation Motorman</a></b> brought an end to the self-declared autonomous area of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Derry" title="Free Derry">Free Derry</a></b> in Northern Ireland, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudy_bombing" title="Claudy bombing">three car bombs exploded</a></b> in the village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudy" title="Claudy">Claudy</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a> – Three years after being hit by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudflow" title="Mudflow">mudslide</a>, the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Thousand_Buddhas_Monastery" title="Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery">Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery</a></b> in Hong Kong fully reopened.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> – Following intestinal surgery, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a> provisionally <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%932008_Cuban_transfer_of_presidential_duties" title="2006–2008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties">transferred the duties</a></b> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Cuba" title="President of Cuba">Cuban presidency</a> to his brother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Castro" title="Raúl Castro">Raúl</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kaohsiung_gas_explosions" title="2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions"><b>Gas explosions</b></a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung" title="Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung</a>, Taiwan, killed 32 people and injured 321 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_Xingxi" title="Feng Xingxi">Feng Xingxi</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 910); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Talbot" title="Marion Talbot">Marion Talbot</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1858); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Santamar%C3%ADa" title="José Santamaría">José Santamaría</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1929); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabarun_Bhattacharya" title="Nabarun Bhattacharya">Nabarun Bhattacharya</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2014)</p>