Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023. Date: August 1, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 2023 📅 On This Day (Today)

Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation. Date: July 31, 1904 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1904 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium. Date: July 31, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)

The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections. Date: July 31, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)

Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis. Date: July 31, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)

Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia). Date: July 31, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners. Date: July 31, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question." Date: July 31, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia →…

Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria. Date: July 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships. Date: July 31, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day…