| General Information for July 31st 2016 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 213 of 2016 |
| 153 days left in 2016 |
| Week 30 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2012 - Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the greatest number of medals won at the Olympics. |
| 1972 - The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy. |
| 1932 - The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections. |
| 1667 - Second Anglo-Dutch War: Treaty of Breda ends the conflict. |