July 31st
172 Notable deaths
José Della Torre
Argentine footballer (1906-1979).
Born March 23rd, 1906 in San Isidro.
Died July 31st, 1979 at 73 years old in Lanús.
Lida Gustava Heymann
German feminist, editor.
Born March 15th, 1868 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1943 at 75 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Boris Aleksandrov
Soviet and kazakhstani ice hockey player (1955-2002).
Born November 13th, 1955 in Oskemen.
Died July 31st, 2002 at 46 years old in Chelyabinsk Oblast (traffic collision).
Paul Deman
Road bicycle racer.
Born April 25th, 1889 in Menen.
Died July 31st, 1961 at 72 years old in Outrijve.
Charles B. Cory
American ornithologist and amateur golfer (1857-1921).
Born January 31st, 1857 in Boston.
Died July 31st, 1921 at 64 years old in Chicago.
Líber Seregni
Uruguayan politician (1916-2004).
Born December 13th, 1916 in Montevideo.
Died July 31st, 2004 at 87 years old in Montevideo (pancreatic cancer).
Iustin Moisescu
Romanian bishop (1910-1986).
Born March 5th, 1910 in Cândești.
Died July 31st, 1986 at 76 years old in Bucharest.
Iryna Kalynets
Poet, writer and ukrainian politician (1940-2012).
Born December 6th, 1940 in Lviv.
Died July 31st, 2012 at 71 years old in Lviv. [ref]
Tryggvi Þórhallsson
Prime minister of iceland (1889-1935).
Born February 9th, 1889 in Reykjavík.
Died July 31st, 1935 at 46 years old in Reykjavík.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 172
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs