Replay a Day

Replaying Tuesday, July 31, 2001

The July 31, 2001 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 211 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.

If you were born on this day, you are 24 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, July 31, 2025, 330 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, July 31, 2026, in 34 days. You have lived for 9,096 days, or about 218,309 hours, or about 13,098,567 minutes, or about 785,914,020 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

J. K. Rowling (author, children's writer, executive producer, film producer, novelist, screenwriter, writer, born July 31, 1965)
Antonio Conte (association football manager, association football player, born July 31, 1969)
Wesley Snipes (actor, film actor, film producer, karateka, singer, stage actor, taekwondo athlete, television actor, born July 31, 1962)
Harry Potter (Quidditch player, auror, director, student, born July 31, 1980)
Kiara Advani (film actor, born July 31, 1992)
Louis de Funès (actor, comedian, dub actor, film actor, film director, film producer, pianist, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1914)
Mark Cuban (blogger, businessperson, children's writer, entrepreneur, film actor, film producer, financier, politician, television producer, venture capitalist, voice actor, born July 31, 1958)
B. J. Novak (comedian, film actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, writer, born July 31, 1979)
Premchand (novelist, screenwriter, writer, born July 31, 1880)
Geraldine Chaplin (actor, dancer, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, born July 31, 1944)
Milton Friedman (economist, essayist, statistician, university teacher, writer, born July 31, 1912)
Sofia Carson (actor, composer, dancer, recording artist, singer, born July 31, 1994)
Junji Ito (mangaka, screenwriter, writer, born July 31, 1963)
Emilia Fox (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1974)
Grand Corps Malade (film director, musician, poet, singer, slam poet, writer, born July 31, 1977)
Michael Biehn (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, model, screenwriter, television actor, born July 31, 1956)
Aljamain Sterling (amateur wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter, born July 31, 1989)
Dean Cain (American football player, actor, film actor, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born July 31, 1966)
Fritz Honka (criminal, serial killer, born July 31, 1935)
Primo Levi (author, autobiographer, chemist, novelist, philosopher, poet, politician, science fiction writer, writer, born July 31, 1919)
Zelda Williams (actor, comedian, film actor, film director, television actor, voice actor, born July 31, 1989)
Richard Berry (actor, director, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, singer, stage actor, born July 31, 1950)
Ben Chaplin (film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1969)
Richard Griffiths (film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born July 31, 1947)
Rico Rodriguez (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 31, 1998)
Ted Cassidy (actor, basketball player, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born July 31, 1932)
Victoria Azarenka (tennis player, born July 31, 1989)
Uriah Hall (karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial arts fighter, born July 31, 1984)
Alexis Knapp (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born July 31, 1989)
Sofia Pernas (actor, born July 31, 1989)
Wunmi Mosaku (actor, film actor, stage actor, born July 31, 1986)
Evonne Goolagong Cawley (tennis player, born July 31, 1951)
Geoffrey Lewis (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, born July 31, 1935)
Wilfredo Leon (volleyball player, born July 31, 1993)
Barry Van Dyke (actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, born July 31, 1951)
Tōru Furuya (actor, child actor, seiyū, born July 31, 1953)
Mumtaz (actor, born July 31, 1947)
Leonid Yakubovich (KVN actor, actor, manufacturer, presenter, screenwriter, television actor, television presenter, born July 31, 1945)
Pertinax (politician, soldier, born August 1, 126)
Salvatore Maranzano (criminal, born July 31, 1886)
Alissa White-Gluz (human rights activist, singer, songwriter, born July 31, 1985)
Kim Sae-ron (actor, film actor, born July 31, 2000)
Gabe Kapler (baseball manager, baseball player, born July 31, 1975)
Charlie Carver (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1988)
Kyle Larson (racing automobile driver, born July 31, 1992)
Minako Honda (actor, singer, born July 31, 1967)
José Fernández (professional baseball player, born July 31, 1992)
Eric Lively (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born July 31, 1981)
Luca Ward (dub actor, dubbing director, film actor, television actor, born July 31, 1960)
C. C. Catch (singer, singer-songwriter, born July 31, 1964)
Asher Keddie (actor, born July 31, 1974)
Dirk Blocker (actor, television actor, born July 31, 1957)
A. J. Green (American football player, born July 31, 1988)
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (emperor, born July 21, 1527)
Edita Piekha (actor, singer, born July 31, 1937)
Honoka Ishibashi (actor, born July 31, 1989)
James R. Jordan, Sr. (baseball player, businessperson, born July 31, 1936)
Yoshio Itoi (baseball player, born July 31, 1981)
John Laurinaitis (professional wrestler, television producer, born July 31, 1962)
Joseph Benavidez (mixed martial arts fighter, born July 31, 1984)
Loujain al-Hathloul (activist, human rights activist, born July 31, 1989)
Annie Parisse (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1975)
Eve Best (film actor, stage actor, born July 31, 1971)
Evgeni Malkin (ice hockey player, born July 31, 1986)
John 5 (banjoist, film actor, film score composer, guitarist, mandolinist, songwriter, born July 31, 1971)
Ip Chun (martial artist, born July 31, 1924)
Leon Black (art collector, businessperson, financier, investment banker, born July 31, 1951)
Elena Uhlig (actor, film actor, born July 31, 1975)
M. Shadows (guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, born July 31, 1981)
Alicia Esteve Head (impostor, born July 31, 1973)
Rina Aiuchi (businessperson, lyricist, model, singer, tarento, born July 31, 1980)
Susan Flannery (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 31, 1939)
Philip Neri (Catholic priest, priest, born July 21, 1515)
Hiroyuki Nakajima (baseball player, born July 31, 1982)
Will Champion (drummer, guitarist, musician, pianist, singer, songwriter, born July 31, 1978)
Mitsuo Iwata (actor, child actor, seiyū, singer, born July 31, 1967)
Isabel Varell (actor, singer, stage actor, television presenter, born July 31, 1961)
Ahmet Ertegün (composer, entrepreneur, record producer, songwriter, born July 31, 1923)
Tetsuo Ishidate (actor, born July 31, 1942)
Assaad Bouab (actor, television actor, born July 31, 1980)
Hideyuki Nakayama (actor, tarento, born July 31, 1967)
José González (guitarist, singer, songwriter, born July 31, 1978)
Kevin Greene (American football player, professional wrestler, born July 31, 1962)
Gary Lewis (drummer, born July 31, 1946)
Alan Autry (American football player, actor, politician, television actor, born July 31, 1952)
Andrew Marr (journalist, born July 31, 1959)
Megumi Kurihara (volleyball player, born July 31, 1984)
Michael Bradley (association football player, born July 31, 1987)
Tami Stronach (choreographer, dancer, film actor, stage actor, voice actor, born July 31, 1972)
Marion Game (actor, dub actor, born July 31, 1938)
Ivan Rebroff (musician, opera singer, recording artist, singer, born July 31, 1931)
Jessica Williams (actor, film actor, podcaster, television actor, born July 31, 1989)
Saeed saleh (actor, born July 31, 1938)
Donald Malarkey (author, writer, born July 31, 1921)
Park Soo-ah (actor, dancer, film actor, model, singer, television actor, born July 31, 1992)
Ruby Modine (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 31, 1990)
Mitsuru Ushijima (military personnel, born July 31, 1887)
John Searle (artificial intelligence researcher, linguist, philosopher, university teacher, born July 31, 1932)
Zac Brown (guitarist, musician, singer, songwriter, born July 31, 1978)
Kavinsky (actor, disc jockey, born July 31, 1975)
Laura Zapata (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1956)
Justin Wilson (Formula One driver, born July 31, 1978)
Kunio Yanagita (Esperantist, agronomist, anthropologist, folklorist, lexicographer, linguist, poet, university teacher, writer, born July 31, 1875)
James Read (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1953)
William Quantrill (criminal, military personnel, born July 31, 1837)
France Nuyen (film actor, psychologist, psychotherapist, stage actor, born July 31, 1939)
Mario Bava (cinematographer, film director, film producer, screenwriter, special effects artist, writer, born July 31, 1914)
Lobo (composer, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born July 31, 1943)
Scott Brooks (basketball coach, basketball player, born July 31, 1965)
Bill Berry (drummer, farmer, musician, record producer, songwriter, born July 31, 1958)
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (jurist, politician, resistance fighter, born July 31, 1884)
Michael Eklund (actor, film actor, born July 31, 1972)
Larry Romano (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 31, 1963)
Rainer Bock (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1954)
DeMarcus Ware (American football player, born July 31, 1982)
Neri Marcorè (comedian, dub actor, film actor, impressionist, singer, television actor, television presenter, born July 31, 1966)
Sarath Babu (actor, born July 31, 1951)
Hubert Védrine (diplomat, politician, born July 31, 1947)
Friedrich Wöhler (biochemist, chemist, university teacher, born July 31, 1800)
Jean Dubuffet (art theorist, designer, draftsperson, graphic artist, painter, plastic artist, printmaker, sculptor, visual artist, writer, born July 31, 1901)
Henry Willson (talent agent, born July 31, 1911)
Cassi Davis (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born July 31, 1964)
Sam Hammington (comedian, television actor, born July 31, 1977)
Jan Broberg Felt (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, writer, born July 31, 1962)
Louis Nix III (American football player, born July 31, 1991)
Rodney Harvey (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born July 31, 1967)
Loren Dean (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1969)
Don Murray (film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born July 31, 1929)
Hilary Putnam (computer scientist, mathematician, non-fiction writer, philosopher, university teacher, born July 31, 1926)
Sherry Lansing (film actor, film producer, born July 31, 1944)
Casimir I the Restorer (politician, born July 25, 1016)
Alyona Bondarchuk (actor, film actor, born July 31, 1962)
Kévin Malcuit (association football player, born July 31, 1991)
Karla LaVey (occultist, radio personality, born July 31, 1952)
Bolek Polívka (actor, director, film actor, mime artist, playwright, screenwriter, born July 31, 1949)
Deval Patrick (lawyer, politician, born July 31, 1956)
Krzysztof Głowacki (boxer, born July 31, 1986)
Christina Cox (actor, film actor, born July 31, 1971)
Lee Jong-hyuk (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 31, 1974)
Pete Tong (disc jockey, journalist, radio personality, record producer, born July 31, 1960)
Karen Zerby (religious leader, born July 31, 1946)
Paola Espinoza Sánchez (competitive diver, born July 31, 1986)
Nick Bollettieri (tennis coach, tennis player, born July 31, 1931)
Robert "Fuzz" Townshend (drummer, journalist, musician, television presenter, born July 31, 1964)
Jerry Rivera (musician, singer, born July 31, 1973)
William S. Clark (botanist, chemist, politician, university teacher, writer, born July 31, 1826)
Gō Rijū (actor, film director, born July 31, 1962)
Al Sapienza (actor, film actor, film producer, television actor, born July 31, 1962)
Paulo Wanchope (association football manager, association football player, born July 31, 1976)
Wail al-Shehri (terrorist, born July 31, 1973)

31st of July 2001 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on July 31, 2001

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: News Consortium

Date: 01 August 2001

By Suzanne Kapner (NYT)

Suzanne NYT

Consortium that includes British Sky Broadcasting,CBS and Bloomberg News reports bidding on four-year contract to supply news to British television network ITV; ITN, present supplier, bids to renew pact; is owned by Carlton Communications and Granada, main ITV shareholders (S)

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Commission Urges Overhaul of Election System

Date: 31 July 2001

By Katharine Q. Seelye

Katharine Seelye

Commission headed by former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford will recommend major overhaul of nation's election system in response to electoral turmoil in Florida during 2000 Presidential Election; recommends legislation, if necessary, to bar news organizations from projecting winners until polls close in all contiguous 48 states; proposes that Election Day be made national holiday (M)

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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY TO ACQUIRE XTRA

Date: 01 August 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Berkshire Hathaway Inc, investment vehicle of Warren E Buffett, agrees to buy Xtra Corp, container leasing company, for about $590 million (S)

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ENGELHARD WILL ELIMINATE JOBS AND TAKE A CHARGE

Date: 01 August 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Engelhard Corp, maker of catalysts that reduce emissions from vehicles and industrial processes, will cut 200 jobs, mostly in Georgia, as part of plan to increase its petroleum-refining catalyst business (S)

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RESTATEMENT BY PRE-PAID LEGAL REDUCES EARNINGS

Date: 01 August 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Pre-Paid Legal Services restates financial statements for last two years, wiping out more than half its profit, after Securities and Exchange Commission says provider of legal insurance improperly recorded some commissions paid as assets (S)

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PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY FILES FOR CHAPTER 11

Date: 31 July 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

HA-LO Industries, distributor of promotional products, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (S)

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FUEL EQUIPMENT COMPANY BUYING DANISH MANUFACTURER

Date: 31 July 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Roper Industries to buy Struers Holdings, maker of testing equipment, for $139 million (S)

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PHELPS DODGE IS EXPECTING THIRD CONSECUTIVE LOSS

Date: 01 August 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Phelps Dodge Corp expects loss of $1.10 to $1.20 a share in third quarter because of weakening copper demand (S)

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JOINT VENTURE IS FORMED TO MAKE SWISS ARMY WATCHES

Date: 31 July 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Victorinox, maker of Swiss Army Knife, and Swiss Army Brands form Victorinox Swiss Army Watch to sell Swiss Army brand of watches outside United States, Canada and Caribbean (S)

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