Birthdays
Robert Looney Caruthers
Turns 65 on this date
David Conyngham
Turns 54 on this date
William Knight Dare
Turns 7 on this date
John W. Garrett
Turns 45 on this date
Edward McPherson
Turns 35 on this date
Thomas Hart Taylor
Turns 40 on this date
George Henry Thomas
Turns 49 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Hundreds of passengers and crew have a lucky escape when their steamship burns in the Atlantic | 07/31/1865 |
| Science/Technology | In the Atlantic, the latest effort to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable fails when the cable breaks and is lost | 07/31/1865 |