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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
- 1314 –King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1941 –World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
- 1945 –The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
- 1965 –The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight.
- 1986 –Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
- 1992 –Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo.
- 2005 –A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
Who were born on August 31?
- 1908 –William Saroyan, American novelist (d. 1981)
- 1914 –Richard Basehart, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1948 –Ken McMullen, English film director
- 1949 –Richard Gere, American actor
- 1958 –Serge Blanco, French rugby union footballer
- 1963 –Reb Beach, American guitarist (Winger, Whitesnake)
- 1965 –Willie Watson, New Zealand cricketer
- 1979 –Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
- 1979 –Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
- 1985 –Andrew Foster, Australian rules footballer
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