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What happend on 31. August in History
In our data base we found 330 events happened on 31. August:
• 12: Caligula, Roman emperor (d. 41) [category: Births]
• 161: Commodus, Roman emperor (d. 192) [category: Births]
• 577: John Scholasticus, patriarch of Constantinople [category: Deaths]
• 651: Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary [category: Deaths]
• 1056: After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. [category: Events]
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• 1158: Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134) [category: Deaths]
• 1218: Al-Adil I, Egyptian general and sultan (b. 1145) [category: Deaths]
• 1218: Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil. [category: Events]
• 1234: Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212) [category: Deaths]
• 1314: King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo. [category: Events]
• 1372: Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301) [category: Deaths]
• 1422: Henry V of England (b. 1386) [category: Deaths]
• 1422: King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months. [category: Events]
• 1569: Jahangir Mughal emperor (d. 1627) [category: Births]
• 1602: Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1645: Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1652: Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (d. 1708) [category: Births]
• 1654: Ole Worm, Danish physician (b. 1588) [category: Deaths]
• 1663: Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705) [category: Births]
• 1688: John Bunyan, English writer and preacher (b. 1628) [category: Deaths]
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• 1721: George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1775) [category: Births]
• 1730: Gottfried Finger, Czech composer (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1741: Jean Paul Egide Martini, French composer (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1741: Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (b. 1681) [category: Deaths]
• 1748: Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, singer, and playwright (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1767: Henry Joy McCracken, Irish activist, founder of the Society of United Irishmen (d. 1798) [category: Births]
• 1772: William Borlase, English geologist and naturalist (b. 1695) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands. [category: Events]
• 1798: Irish Rebellion of 1798: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connaught. [category: Events]
• 1799: Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, desighned the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1802: Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian general (d. 1834) [category: Births]
• 1803: Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 in the morning. [category: Events]
• 1811: Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial. [category: Events]
• 1814: Arthur Phillip, English admiral, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1817: Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English navy admiral (b. 1747) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: Hermann von Helmholtz, German scientist (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1822: Galusha A. Grow, American politician (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1834: Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1842: Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American publisher, journalist, and activist (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1843: Georg von Hertling, Bavarian politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1860: Alfred Grütter, Swiss target shooter (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1864: During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1866: Gilbert Bougnol, French fencer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1867: Charles Baudelaire, French poet (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Mary Ward, Irish scientist (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: George Eyser, German-American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1870: Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1871: James E. Ferguson, American politician, 26th Governor of Texas (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1876: Ottoman Sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II. [category: Events]
• 1878: Frank Jarvis, American sprinter (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1879: Alma Mahler, Austrian-American socialite (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1879: Emperor Taishō of Japan (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1880: Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1883: Leo O'Connell, American soccer player (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1885: DuBose Heyward, American playwright (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1886: An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1888: Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims. [category: Events]
• 1893: Lily Laskine, French harpist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1894: Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1895: German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon. [category: Events]
• 1896: Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and novelist (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1897: Fredric March, American actor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1897: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector. [category: Events]
• 1900: Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1902: Géza Révész, Hungarian military officer and politician (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1903: Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1903: Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1905: Robert Bacher, American nuclear physicist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1905: Sanford Meisner, American actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1907: Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1907: Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1907: Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino politician, 7th President of the Philippines (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1907: William Shawn, American writer and editor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1907: Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance. [category: Events]
• 1908: William Saroyan, American novelist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1909: Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1911: Edward Brongersma, Dutch politician, writer and activist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1912: Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Bernard Lovell, English astronomer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1913: Helen Levitt, American photographer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1914: Richard Basehart, American actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1916: Daniel Schorr, American journalist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1916: John S. Wold, American politician [category: Births]
• 1918: Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1919: Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: G. D. Spradlin, American actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1920: Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan tenor and actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1920: Jens Oliver Lisberg, Faroese designer of the Flag of the Faroe Islands (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Polish-Bolshevik War: a decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów. [category: Events]
• 1920: The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan. [category: Events]
• 1921: Raymond Williams, Welsh academic and author (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1924: Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1924: John Davidson, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian freedom fighter (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Andranik Ozanian, Armenian military commander (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: William Frank Carver, American target shooter and showman (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal(d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1928: James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1930: Big Tiny Little, American pianist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1931: Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1931: Noble Willingham, American actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1932: Roy Castle, English actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1934: Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Eldridge Cleaver, American writer and activist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1935: Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1936: Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air. [category: Events]
• 1937: Bobby Parker, American guitarist [category: Births]
• 1937: Warren Berlinger, American actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Martin Bell, English journalist and politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Murray Gleeson, Australian judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia [category: Births]
• 1939: J.I. Allison, American drummer and songwriter (The Crickets) [category: Births]
• 1939: Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day thus starting World War II in Europe. [category: Events]
• 1940: Jack Thompson, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Roger Newman, English-American actor and writer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1940: Wilton Felder, American saxophonist (The Crusaders) [category: Births]
• 1940: Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938. [category: Events]
• 1941: Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman [category: Births]
• 1941: Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica. [category: Events]
• 1943: Leonid Ivashov, Russian general [category: Births]
• 1943: The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned. [category: Events]
• 1944: Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer [category: Births]
• 1944: Jos LeDuc, Canadian wrestler (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1944: Roger Dean, English graphic designer and publisher [category: Births]
• 1945: Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac and Paris) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1945: Itzhak Perlman, Israeli violinist and conductor [category: Births]
• 1945: Van Morrison, Irish singer-songwriter (Them) [category: Births]
• 1945: The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies. [category: Events]
• 1946: Jerome Corsi, American conspiracy theorist [category: Births]
• 1946: Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1947: Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman [category: Births]
• 1947: Mona Marshall, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Somchai Wongsawat, Thai politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand [category: Births]
• 1947: Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese illustrator and writer [category: Births]
• 1948: Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1948: Holger Osieck, German footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1948: Ken McMullen, English director [category: Births]
• 1948: Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1948: Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter (Scorpions) [category: Births]
• 1948: Billy Laughlin, American actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: H. David Politzer, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1949: Richard Gere, American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1952: Herbert Reul, German politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Henri Bourassa, Canadian politician (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: György Károly, Hungarian author [category: Births]
• 1953: Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentine race car driver [category: Births]
• 1953: Pavel Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut [category: Births]
• 1954: Julie Brown, American actress, singer, writer, and director [category: Births]
• 1954: Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Anthony Thistlethwaite, English saxophonist (The Waterboys and The Saw Doctors) [category: Births]
• 1955: Edwin Moses, American hurdler [category: Births]
• 1955: Gary Webb, American journalist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1955: Olek Krupa, Polish actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Maria Balazova, Slovak painter [category: Births]
• 1956: Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director (Rats & Star) [category: Births]
• 1957: Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1957: Gina Schock, American drummer, songwriter, and actress (The Go-Go's and Edie and the Eggs) [category: Births]
• 1957: Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook) [category: Births]
• 1957: The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1958: Serge Blanco, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1958: A parcel bomb sent by Ngo Dinh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. [category: Events]
• 1959: Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1960: Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1960: Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper [category: Births]
• 1962: Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1962: Thomas Suozzi, American politician [category: Births]
• 1962: Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent. [category: Events]
• 1963: Reb Beach, American guitarist (Winger and Whitesnake) [category: Births]
• 1963: Rituparno Ghosh, Indian Filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1963: Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: Todd Carty, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Sarawak, North Borneo (now Sabah) and Singapore achieve technical independence pending accession to the Federation of Malaysia [category: Events]
• 1964: Ramón Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1964: Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and editor [category: Births]
• 1965: Céline Bonnier, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Willie Watson, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1965: Zsolt Borkai, Hungarian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1965: The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight. [category: Events]
• 1966: Jan Einar Thorsen, Norwegian skier [category: Births]
• 1967: Anita Moen, Norwegian skier [category: Births]
• 1967: Gene Hoglan, American drummer (Tenet, Strapping Young Lad, Testament, Fear Factory, and Dethklok) [category: Births]
• 1967: Jonathan Cake, English actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Nigel Avery, New Zealand weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1967: Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer, journalist, and translator (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Andrew Cunanan, American spree killer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1969: Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1969: Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Nathalie Bouvier, French skier [category: Births]
• 1969: Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Amy Stein, American photographer [category: Births]
• 1970: Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia [category: Births]
• 1970: Queen Rania of Jordan [category: Births]
• 1970: Zack Ward, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer [category: Births]
• 1972: Chris Tucker, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1973: Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: John Ford, American director (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1974: Norman Kirk, New Zealand politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: William Pershing Benedict, American pilot (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1975: Daniel Harding, English conductor [category: Births]
• 1975: John Grahame, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Sara Ramirez, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Takahiro Suwa, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1976: Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer [category: Births]
• 1977: Craig Nicholls, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Vines) [category: Births]
• 1977: Ian Harte, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Jeff Hardy, American wrestler, singer, painter, and writer [category: Births]
• 1978: Philippe Christanval, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Clay Hensley, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1979: Mickie James, American wrestler and singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Biffy Clyro and Marmaduke Duke) [category: Births]
• 1979: Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian composer [category: Births]
• 1979: Sally Rand, American dancer and actress (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Tiger Smith, England cricketer (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Joe Budden, American rapper (Slaughterhouse) [category: Births]
• 1980: After two weeks of nationwide strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdańsk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity. [category: Events]
• 1980: Flood in Ibadan after 12 hours of heavy downpour killed over 300 people and properties worth million destroyed. [category: Events]
• 1981: Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1981: Mawnia Al-Kuwaitia, Kuwaiti singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Chris Duhon, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Christopher Katongo, Zambian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Ian Crocker, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1982: Josh Kroeger, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1982: Michele Rugolo, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1982: Pepe Reina, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Anti-government demonstrations are held in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement. [category: Events]
• 1983: Deniz Aydoğdu, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Larry Fitzgerald, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Milan Biševac, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer [category: Births]
• 1984: Matti Breschel, Danish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1984: Ryan Kesler, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Ted Ligety, American skier [category: Births]
• 1984: Audrey Wagner, American baseball player (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Andrew Foster, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Rolando, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Ryan Kelley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Henry Moore, English sculptor (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Urho Kekkonen, Finnish politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground. [category: Events]
• 1986: The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423. [category: Events]
• 1987: Ondřej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Xavi Annunziata, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard. [category: Events]
• 1989: Dezmon Briscoe, American football player [category: Births]
• 1990: Oliver Adams, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1990: Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1991: Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1992: Holly Earl, English actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Wolfgang Güllich, German climber (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo. [category: Events]
• 1994: The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire. [category: Events]
• 1995: Ceallach Spellman, English actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Barry Lee Fairchild, American convicted murderer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK. [category: Events]
• 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Henri Paul, French security guard (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1998: North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite. [category: Events]
• 1999: A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground. [category: Events]
• 1999: The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others. [category: Events]
• 2000: Dolores Moore, American baseball player (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Patricia Owens, Canadian actress (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: George Porter, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Lionel Hampton, American musician, bandleader, actor, and composer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move and The Hollies) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Michael Sheard, Scottish actor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people. [category: Events]
• 2006: Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Tom Delaney, English race car driver (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police. [category: Events]
• 2007: Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jean Jacques Paradis Canadian general (b.1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Karloff Lagarde, Mexican wrestler (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ike Pappas, American journalist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Eraño Manalo, Filipino minister (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ali Jawad al-Sheikh, Bahraini protester (b. 1997) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carlo Maria Martini, Italian archbishop (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John C. Shabaz, American judge (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Max Bygraves, English singer and actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Melva Radcliffe, American super-centenarian (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Norbert Walter, German economist (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov, Soviet military commander (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• _: Aidan of Lindisfarne [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991 [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaysia from the United Kingdom in 1957. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Language Day or Limba Noastră (Moldova) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Raymond Nonnatus [category: Holidays and observances]