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August 31

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on August 31. From 1900 until now. August 31 is under the sign of Virgo. Famous birthdays on this day include Richard Gere (1949), Eric Zemmour (1958) and Queen Rania of Jordan (1970). Several movies were released around August 31 over the years, such as Back to the Future in 1991 directed by Robert Zemeckis and Warrior in 2011 directed by Gavin O'Connor.
But much more happened on August 31 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Trinidad and Tobago - Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1962)
Kyrgyzstan - Independence Day (from USSR, 1991)
Malaysia - Hari Merdeka, a National Day (independence within the Commonwealth, 1957)
Moldova: Day of Our Language (Limba Noastra)
Calendar of Saints - Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, San Abbondio, Saint Raymond Nonnatus
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2018 War in Donbass: The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, is killed in a blast at a café in Donetsk. (BBC)
2017 Wells Fargo account fraud scandal: Wells Fargo reports finding an additional 1.4 million potentially fake bank and credit card accounts, bringing the total problematic accounts to approximately 3.5 million. (CNN)
2016 Mother Teresa of Calcutta is to be canonized into sainthood after "proof" of two miracles. (NPR)
2015 2015 Bangkok bombing: Thai police say they have discovered bomb-making material in a raid in an apartment in an outer side of Bangkok. (AP)
2014 Syrian Civil War:: Thirty-two United Nations peacekeepers from the Philippines were evacuated under fire from the Golan Heights border checkpoint between Syria and Israel, while others remain under fire from groups including the Al-Nusra Front. (Sky News)
2013 Syrian civil war:: American President Barack Obama says that he is ready to order a limited strike, but will seek approval from Congress. (CNN)The UN inspectors leave Damascus after concluding their inspection. (Los Angeles Times)Several countries advise their citizens against traveling to Lebanon as regional tensions grow over a possible US military strike on Syria. (Jerusalem Post)
2012 A shooting at a Pathmark grocery store in Old Bridge, New Jersey, kills at least three people. (BBC)
2011 Tripoli doctor Gassem Baruni tells the Associated Press that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's daughter Hana Moammar Gadafi - thought to have been killed in 1986 US airstrikes - worked for him as a surgeon before she disappeared on August 25. (CBS News)
2010 A roadside bomb and mortar attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu kill at least 14 people and injure several others. (Al Jazeera)
2009 Florida governor Charlie Crist signs a gambling pact with the Seminole tribe, lasting 20 years, specifying payment of minimum US$12.5 million per month for the first 30 months for the privilege of running legal slot machines and blackjack at their seven casinos.
2008 Hurricane Gustav:
2007 The British Royal Family, including Prince Charles, Prince Harry and Prince William, and Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth, along with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and former Prime Minister Tony Blair, and hundreds more, gather for a memorial service for Diana, Princess of Wales, ten years after her death, at Guard's Chapel in London. (BBC)
2006 Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
2005 A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
2004 The WTO authorizes the imposition of sanctions against the United States for persistent violation of global trade laws. (NYT)
2003 Tens of thousands of people turn out in Baghdad for the funeral procession of the murdered Shia Muslim leader Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim.
2002 Recent celebrity deaths: Lionel Hampton, jazz vibraphone master, dies.
2001 September 1 - The 2001 Vancouver TV realignment occurs in British Columbia, Canada.
1999 A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including 2 on the ground.
1997 Gin Game, closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 144 performances
1994 Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia
1993 Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
1992 44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd and Dana Delane
1991 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
1990 Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
1989 Aeromexico DC-9 collides over LA, 82 die (15 on the ground)
1988 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1987 South Africa longest mine strike in history ends
1986 Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die
1985 Prakas sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Illinois
1984 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1983 Edwin Moses of USA sets the 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz.
1981 Royals manager Jim Frey is fired and replaced by Dick Howser
1980 Oklahoma! closes at Palace Theater NYC after 301 performances
1979 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at US Open
1978 Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
1977 Spyros Kyprianou appointed President of Cyprus
1976 George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing My Sweet Lord
1974 Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor
1973 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)
1972 Lasse Viren runs Olympic / world record 10,000m (27:38.4)
1971 Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
1970 59th Davis Cup: USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0)
1969 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival.
1968 68th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bruce Fleisher
1966 Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
1965 US House of Representatives joins Senate in establishing Department of Housing and Urban Development.
1964 Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels
1963 Hot line between Moscow-Washington, DC installed
1962 Trinidad and Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day)
1961 Amsterdam National Ballet forms
1960 Agricultural Hall of Fame established.
1959 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
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.
1957 Malayasia (formerly Malaya) gains independence from Britain
1955 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)
1954 WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins
1953 KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 The Grenzlandring racetrack closes in Wegberg, Germany.
1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs and a single in a game vs. Braves
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.
1948 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 50th jubilee
1947 Hungarian communist party wins election
1945 The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
1944 Allied offensive at Gothen-linie, Italy
1943 1st battle of Essex / new Yorktown: US assault on Marcus Island
1942 Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault
1941 23 U-boats sunk this month (80,000 ton)
1940 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands
1939 Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia
1938 5th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 28, Washington 16 (74,250)
1935 FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
1934 1st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 0, All-Stars 0 (79,432)
1929 The Young Plan, which set the total World War I reparations owed by Germany at US$26,350,000,000 to be paid over a period of 58½ years, is finalized.
1928 Brecht and Weils Dreigroschenoper premieres
1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:06.2)
1923 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
1920 Belgium starts paying old age pensions
1919 John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago
1918 Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended September 2)
1915 Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits New York Giants, 2-0.
1914 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan (state record)
1913 Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands
1909 A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball
1907 Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet
1905 25th US Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119)
1903 Joe McGinnity wins his third doubleheader of the month.
1902 Split skirt first worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (horse rider).
1900 British troops over run Johannesburg
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