Discover what happened on 31 July 1959 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Germaine Richier (sculptor from France)
- Cho Bong-am (South Korean politician (1899-1959))
- Johannes Wanner (German geologist (1878–1956))
- Victor S. K. Houston (American politician (1876–1959))
- Walter Pörschmann (German composer (1903-1959))
- Michael Joseph Keyes (Catholic bishop)
- Czesław Andrzej Żak
- Minoru Tōgō (Japanese agronomist (1881-1959))
- Johan Jakob Huldén (Finnish teacher and writer)
- Nikolai Kogout (Soviet painter (1891-1959))
- Anders Norrsell
- Georg Ahlholm (Finnish officer (1891-1959))
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- Stefan Rotarski (Officer of the Polish Army)
- Nikolay Vlodavets (Soviet geochemist)
- Len May (Australian rules footballer)
- Hans von Salis ((1887-1959))
- Ludvík Klímek (Czech painter, hotel manager and patron)
- Amalio Rodríguez Vigón
- André Prevot-Valeri (French painter (1890-1959))
- Alma Lagoni
- Leopold Glinz
- Kathleen Offley Keates ((died 1959))
- Charles Lechat
- Soňa Danielová
- Alfréd Czobor (Hungarian archivist, historian)
- Tor Ovaldsen Lundtveit (Norwegian politician)
- Otis M. King (affiliated with the Southwestern State College Weatherford OK)
- Germaine Richier (sculptor from France)
- Cho Bong-am (South Korean politician (1899-1959))
- Johannes Wanner (German geologist (1878–1956))
- Victor S. K. Houston (American politician (1876–1959))
- Walter Pörschmann (German composer (1903-1959))
- Michael Joseph Keyes (Catholic bishop)
- Georg Ahlholm (Finnish officer (1891-1959))
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- Stefan Rotarski (Officer of the Polish Army)
- Nikolay Vlodavets (Soviet geochemist)
- Len May (Australian rules footballer)
- Hans von Salis ((1887-1959))
- Ludvík Klímek (Czech painter, hotel manager and patron)
- Amalio Rodríguez Vigón
- André Prevot-Valeri (French painter (1890-1959))
- Alma Lagoni
- Czesław Andrzej Żak
- Minoru Tōgō (Japanese agronomist (1881-1959))
- Johan Jakob Huldén (Finnish teacher and writer)
- Nikolai Kogout (Soviet painter (1891-1959))
- Anders Norrsell
- Leopold Glinz
- Kathleen Offley Keates ((died 1959))
- Charles Lechat
- Soňa Danielová
- Alfréd Czobor (Hungarian archivist, historian)
- Tor Ovaldsen Lundtveit (Norwegian politician)
- Otis M. King (affiliated with the Southwestern State College Weatherford OK)
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- Emmalene Bulling
- Oskar Vogt (German neurologist, entomologist (1870-1959))