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July 31st, 2030	Event	Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian s forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
July 31st, 2007	Event	Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end at midnight.
July 31st, 2006	Event	Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raul Castro. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana [La Pequena Habana in Spanish], Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated.
July 31st, 2006	Death	Paul Eells, "Voice of the Arkansas Razorbacks" sportscaster (born in 1935)
July 31st, 2005	Death	Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (born in 1935)
July 31st, 2004	Death	Virginia Grey, American actress (born in 1917)
July 31st, 2004	Death	Laura Betti, Italian actress (born in 1927)
July 31st, 2003	Death	Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (born in 1933)
July 31st, 2001	Death	Poul Anderson, American author (born in 1926)
July 31st, 2001	Death	Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (born in 1914)

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