August 31: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

• Richard Gere (1949)

  American actor.

• Chris Tucker (1971)

  Movie Actor.

• James Coburn (1928)

  American actor, 6'2", slim and relaxed, with a variety of roles, from cowboy to master spy.

• Marcia Clark (1953)

  American lawyer who rose to prominence as the O.J.

• Itzhak Perlman (1945)

  Israeli-American violinist and conductor.

• William Saroyan (1908)

  American author of short stories, novels, and plays.

• Eldridge Cleaver (1935)

  Afro-American militant black activist from the '60s.

• Buddy Hackett (1924)

  American comedian and actor (d. 2003).

• Arthur Godfrey (1903)

  American entertainer.

• Richard Basehart (1914)

  American stage actor who made his Broadway debut in 1938.

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• David Farrar (1995)

  Forest Gate, England -- Actor.

• Charles Delaney (1959)

  Dies at 67.

• Sally Rand (1979)

  American actress and dancer (Born in 1904).

• Rocky Marciano (1969)

  American boxer who defeated Joe Walcott to win the 1952 heavyweight title.

• Laurent Fignon (2010)

  A French cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice (1983 and 1984).

• Lionel Hampton (2002)

  American vibraphone pianist and actor (d. 2002).

• Joseph Rotblat (2005)

  Polish-born British physicist, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (Born in 1908).

• Artur Balsam (1994)

  Polish / US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein).

• Tania Bunke (29) (1967)
• John Ford (1973)

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Western Zodiac

Virgo

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• Aug 31st, 2018 War in Donbass - Alexander Zakharchenko (leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic), is killed in an explosion at a cafe near Donetsk.
• Aug 31st, 2017 Wells Fargo account fraud scandal - Wells Fargo reports that an additional 1.4 Million accounts were found to be fraudulent. This brings the total number of potentially fraudulent accounts to around 3.5 million.
• Aug 31st, 2016 After "proof" of two miracles, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be made a saint.
• Aug 31st, 2015 Bangkok bombing 2015: Thai police claim they found bomb-making materials in an apartment raid in the outer part of Bangkok.
• Aug 31st, 2014 Syrian Civil War: 32 United Nations peacekeepers from Philippines were evacuated from the Golan Heights border crossing between Syria and Israel under fire, while others are still under fire by groups such as the Al-Nusra Front.
• Aug 31st, 2013 Syrian civil war: President Barack Obama states that he is willing to authorize a limited strike but will need Congress' approval. (CNN). The UN inspectors have left Damascus following their inspection. Los Angeles Times: Several countries have advised their citizens not to travel to Lebanon due to rising tensions in the region over possible US military strikes on Syria.

• Aug 31st, 2012 At least three people are killed in a shooting at the Pathmark grocery store, Old Bridge, New Jersey.
• Aug 31st, 2011 Gassem Baruni, a Tripoli doctor, tells the Associated Press that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter Hana Moammar Gaddafi - who is believed to have been killed by US airstrikes in 1986 - worked as a surgeon for him before she disappeared on Aug 25.
• Aug 31st, 2010 At least 14 people were killed and many more injured in a roadside bombing and mortar attack in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
• Aug 31st, 2009 Florida Governor Charlie Crist signs a Gambling Pact with the Seminole Tribe, which lasts 20 years. It stipulates payment of US$12.5 Million per month for the first thirty months to allow them to operate legal slots machines and blackjack in their seven casinos.
• Aug 31st, 2008 Hurricane Gustav:
• Aug 31st, 2007 The British Royal Family includes Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince William and Her Majesty, the Queen Elizabeth. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister Tony Blair and hundreds of others gather at Guard's Chapel, London, for a memorial service in memory of Diana, Princess Of Wales, ten year after her death.

August 31st marks the 242nd day of year the Gregorian calendar;

There are 122 days remaining until the end of the year.

What day of the week is August 31st?

On August 31st, 2023 the day of the week is Thursday.

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