| General Information for July 31st 2018 |
| There are 1 public holidays today. |
| Day 212 of 2018 |
| 153 days left in 2018 |
| Week 31 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1968 - Elvis Presley plays his first live gig in eight years, in Las Vegas. It's the first event of a four-week residency at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. |
| 1964 - Ranger 7, one of the Apollo Pathfinders, returns to Earth with close-up photos of the lunar surface. |
| 1945 - Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria. |
| 1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France. |