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July 31

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In 1498, Christopher Columbus discovered the island of Trinidad.

In 1556, St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, died in Rome.

In 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the Continental Army after offering his help to the rebelling American colonies.  Lafayette later played a role in the British defeat at Yorktown.

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Sprotscaster Curt Gowdy  (1919)

Actor Don Murray  (1929)

Actress Geraldine Chaplin  (1944)

Movie producer Sherry Lansing  (1944)

Tennis player Evonne Goolagong Cawley  (1951)

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"Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do."
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Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (1883-1955)