| 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 |
| 1945 - Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria. |
| 1865 - The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia. |
| 1790 - The first United States Census is conducted. |
| 1715 - A Spanish treasure fleet seven days after 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks. |