About August 31
August 31, 2021 is the 243rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 154 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 31
- 1056 –After a sudden illness a few days previous, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies without children to succeed the throne, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
- 1314 –King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1888 –Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.
- 1897 –Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- 1920 –Polish-Bolshevik War: a decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1957 –The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1962 –Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
- 1965 –The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight.
- 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.
- 1982 –Anti-government demonstrations are held in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement.
- 1986 –Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
- 1987 –Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
- 1992 –Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo.
- 1997 –Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
- 1998 –North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite.
- 2005 –A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
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