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- 1882
- Rishon LeZion is founded in Ottoman Syria.
- 1901
- Manila becomes the first chartered city in the Philippines.
- 1940
- The first section of the Yeongdong Line begins service in South Korea.
- 1962
- In South Vietnam, Quảng Tín province is separated from Quảng Nam province.
- 1987
- The Detroit People Mover begins service in Michigan.
- 2002
- The Church of the Gesù opens at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City.
- 2019
- Sushi restaurant Tsugaru closes in San Jose, California, after 47 years in business.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on July 31, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on July 31 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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We appreciate your help in curating these events from OpenHistoricalMap data. Items should be based on fully qualified start_date=* and end_date=* tags, plus any other metadata tagged on features in OpenHistoricalMap. To the extent possible, the list should feature a wide range of years and include events from different continents.