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Day Of The Week: August 31

What day of the week?

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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