Template:On this day/July 31

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

July 31:

• 1769 – Elias Durnford was named acting Lieutenant Governor of British West Florida.
• 1920 – Hosea Poole was hanged for murdering his brother, the last execution to take place in the Escambia County Court of Record Building.
• 1927 – James C. Van Pelt died.
• 1937 – Mike DeSorbo was born.