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July 31: Lā Hae Hawaiʻi (Flag Day) and Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) in Hawaii (1843)

The lunar surface as photographed by Ranger 7 approximately 17 minutes before impact

1874 – Patrick Francis Healy was inaugurated as president of Georgetown University, becoming the first African-American president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
1924 – A private senator's bill by Herbert Payne to introduce compulsory voting in Australia became law.
1954 – A team of Italian climbers became the first to reach the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain.
1964 – The space probe Ranger 7 captured thousands of close-up photographs of the Moon (example pictured) over its final minutes of flight and transmitted them to Earth before crashing on the lunar surface.
2014 – Gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, killed 32 people and injured 321 others.

Fred Keenor (b. 1894)
David Norris (b. 1944)
J. K. Rowling (b. 1965)

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1919 Weimar constitution, source note: http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/weimar/innenpolitik/versammlung/ (Deutsches Historisches Museum)

No Fictional Characters?

I think you should allow fictional characters, like Harry Potter. Please? Don't Click Here^{chat / what i've done / email} 19:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, but only with very popular fiction (such as the Harry potter books). Mr. Granger 16:33, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added it but its only a matter of time until its removed. November 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.250.186.253 (talk) 21:12, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What do you define as "popular"? IMHO this will only stir up a big debate on the meaning of "popular" if this is to be taken seriously, and will end up going nowhere, back to square one, which is right now. --antilived^{T | C | G} 11:12, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, for instance, there is contemporary popular culture, and then there is historical culture. Juliet of Romeo and Juliet was born on July 31st.

            From Scene III

            from Nurse Even or odd, of all days in the year,
                       Come Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen.

On2thenext (talk) 14:34, 25 July 2008 (UTC)on2thenext[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Days of the year would be the right place to discuss this. --antilived^{T | C | G} 12:42, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's fair enough to have fictional characters as long as it's stated that they're fictional. They are of interest so why not? And yes of course, only popular ones. Where to draw the line of 'popular'? Well of course this comes down to discretion, exactly as when deciding who is famous/important enough to have their date of birth added who is real. It shouldn't open a new debate about the definition of 'popular' - just include characters who are generally conceived to be of enough interest to be worth including. I think Juliet should be added too, do we have a date or approximate date? When was it set, this should be looked into.

Whether fictional characters should be included or not, the description "the boy who lived" is hardly appropriate so I will change this now.

Having said all this, fictional events are not allowed so maybe I'm wrong, but in my opinion dates of birth are of enough interest to Wikipedia users like myself. See Wikipedia:Days of the year.

Gul e (talk) 00:02, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Katie P

This appears to be vandalism at the end of the birth list. Mr. Granger 16:33, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Laker takes 10/53 v Australia 1956.

Why is this not allowed as an entry for the day it happened on ? It is a world record in a major sporting event after all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.96.222.82 (talk) 17:21, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

MasoodAhmedMalikMirzaSyedBazmi of Nawabshah Sindh Pakistan

What happened in world history today? Please publish here to watch people. Masood Ahmed Malik Mirza Syed Bazmi (talk) 16:36, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Today in Pakistan

Publish the events of today in Pakistan for each day of the year please. Masood Ahmed Malik Mirza Syed Bazmi (talk) 16:40, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You would have to tell us what those events were, ensure that there are wiki articles about them, and provide verifiable sources. Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 09:45, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]