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Day Of The Week: August 31
August 31, 2025 is the 243rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 31
- 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.
- 1876 –Ottoman Sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.
- 1936 –Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1963 –Sarawak, North Borneo and Singapore achieve technical independence pending accession to the Federation of Malaysia
- 1987 –Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
- 1994 –The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
- 1996 –Saddam Hussein’s troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
- 1998 –North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite.
Who were born on August 31?
- 1921 –Raymond Williams, Welsh academic (d. 1988)
- 1937 –Bobby Parker, American blues-rock guitarist
- 1938 –Murray Gleeson, Chief Justice of Australia
- 1939 –Jerry Allison, American drummer (The Crickets)
- 1948 –Ken McMullen, English film director
- 1978 –Philippe Christanval, French footballer
- 1979 –Clay Hensley, American baseball player
- 1979 –Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film music composer
- 1981 –Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player
- 1987 –Ondřej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player
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