Good Morning Deplorables

It is Monday 7/31/2017

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• Lead Story

•  1975 Jimmy Hoffa disappears

• American Revolution

• 1777 Marquis de Lafayette becomes a major-general without pay

• Automotive

• 1916 “First Lady” of NASCAR Louise Smith born

• Civil War

• 1816 Union General George Thomas is born in Virginia

• Cold War

• 1953 Senator Robert A. Taft dies
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• Crime

• 1975 Jimmy Hoffa vanishes

• Disaster

• 1715 Hurricane sinks Spanish treasure ships

• General Interest

• 1556 Ignatius of Loyola dies
• 1945 Fugitive Vichy leader surrenders in Austria
• 1964 Ranger 7 photographs moon

• Hollywood

• 1965 J.K. Rowling born

• Literary

• 1703 Daniel Defoe is put in the pillory

• Music

• 1923 Ahmet Ertegun is born in Istanbul, Turkey

• Old West

• 1937 Apache scout Martine dies

• Presidential

• 1875 Former President Andrew Johnson dies

• Sports

• 1990 Nolan Ryan wins 300th game

• Vietnam War

• 1964 Agreement on conduct of war
• 1972 Hanoi claims that U.S. bombers have struck dikes

• World War I

• 1917 Third Battle of Ypres begins in Flanders

• World War II

• 1941 Goering orders Heydrich to prepare for the Final Solution