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Events on Monday 31 July 1944 1
1900 – 1944Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)Died 31 July 1944, aged 44French writer and aviator, author of The Little Prince, Night Flight and Wind, Sand and Stars. He disappeared over the Mediterranean on a reconnaissance flight for the Free French Air Force. Wreckage of his aircraft was found off Marseille in 2000.