eso ha pasado un 31 Jullo

1715 : 10 Spanish ships filled with gold sank off the coast of Florida


On July 31, 1715, 10 Spanish ships carrying gold and silver, along the east coast of Florida, are caught in a hurricane and sank into the ocean carrying 1,000 sailors with them. Expeditions were successfully carried out in 1716 to recover the gold, but a significant proportion remained on the ocean floor. The latest treasures were found in the 1960s.

1941 : Goering ordered the planning of the Final Solution


On 31 July 1941, following instructions from Hitler, Goering ordered Heydrich and Himmler to plan the elimination of the Jews in Europe (the Final Solution to the Jewish question).

1945 : Pierre Laval arrested in Austria


On July 31, 1945, the head of the Vichy government, Pierre Laval, surrendered to U.S. authorities in Austria where he had fled. He was extradited to France, sentenced to death and executed on October 15, 1945.

1954 : First successful ascent of K2


On July 31, 1954, the Italian climbers Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli reached the summit of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, on the border between Pakistan and China. The expedition led by Ardito Desio and which included Pakistani Colonel Muhammad Ata-ullah, the young mountaineer Walter Bonatti and the Hunza Pakistani porter Amir Mahdi. The K2 is one of the most difficult and dangerous summits in the world and has never been conquered in winter.

1971 : Apollo 15 and lunar vehicle


On July 31, 1971, astronauts David Scott and James Irwin made ​​the first moonwalk aboard their Lunar Rover, a small all-terrain vehicle.

Cita del día : 31 Jullo

J. K. Rowling
It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Cumpleaños : 31 Jullo

John Ericsson, Inventor sueco (1803)
Henri Brisson, Político francés (1835)
Fred Quimby, Productor americano (1886)
Fatima Jinnah, Política de Pakistán (1893)
Jean Dubuffet, Pintor francés (1901)
Milton Friedman, Economista estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1912)
Louis de Funès, Actor francés (1914)
Paul D. Boyer, Químico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1918)
Primo Levi, Químico y escritor italiano (1919)
Peter Benenson, Abogado inglés, fundador de Amnistía Internacional (1921)
Donald Malarkey, Suboficial de la Compañía Easy, 2 º Batallón, Regimiento de Infantería de Paracaidistas 506a, 101a división aerotransportada, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1921)
Don Murray, Actor americano (1929)
Susan Flannery, Actriz americana (1939)
Geraldine Chaplin, Actriz americana (1944)
Michael Biehn, Actor americano (1956)
Wesley Snipes, Actor americano (1962)
Jim Corr, Músico irlandés (The Corrs) (1964)
J. K. Rowling, Escritora inglesa (1965)
Dean Cain, Actor americano (1966)
Emilia Fox, Actriz inglesa (1974)
Carlos Marchena, Futbolista español (1979)
Eric Lively, Actor americano (1981)

Nos han dejado un 31 Jullo

Denis Diderot, Filósofo francés (1784)
Andrew Johnson, p17o presidente de Estados Unidos (1875)
Franz Liszt, Compositor húngaro (1886)
Jean Jaurès, Político francés (1914)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Piloto y escritor francés (1944)
Paul-Henri Spaak, Político belgo (1972)
Joseph E. Levine, Productor americano (1987)
Virginia Grey, Actriz americana (2004)
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