Daily Calendar for Friday, July 31, 2026

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George Washington signed the first United States Patent Grant to Samuel Hopkins of Pittsford, Vermont, for a new method of making Potash – 1790
David Rittenhouse, Director of the Mint, laid the cornerstone of the building being built in Philadelphia for the U.S. Mint – 1792
Alys McKey Bryant first woman to fly a plane in Canada – 1913
The first automobile, a Ford Model T, was permitted into Yellowstone National Park – 1915
The Shadow radio program first aired – 1930
5-pound 3-ounce white crappie caught, Enid Dam, Mississippi – 1957
IBM released the Selectric typewriter – 1961
U.S. probe Ranger 7 relayed first moon close-ups – 1964
Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin became the first people to drive a vehicle on the Moon – 1971
French became the official language of Quebec – 1974
Former Teamsters Union president, James R. Hoffa, was reported missing – 1975
NASA released the famous Face on Mars photo, taken by Viking 1 – 1976
The ashes of astrogeologist Eugene Shoemaker were deposited on the Moon – 1999
Angler David Utoft caught a record-setting 41-lb 1-oz shortraker rockfish at Cross Sound, Elfin Cove, Alaska. – 2016

Hail fell 12 inches deep in Scituate, Massachusetts, remaining on the ground for 30 hours – 1769
The Edmonton Tornado struck Alberta’s capital city, killing 27 people and causing more than $250 million in damage. – 1987
Roswell, New Mexico, set a record for monthly rainfall with 6.68 inches – 1991