Events That Happened on August 31

A helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 occupants.

A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta Municipality in Northern Norway killing all 6 occupants.

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.

Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.

Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, made landfall, killing at least 236 people.

The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.

A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.

Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.

Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.

Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.

Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.

Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.

CAAC Flight 301 overshoots the runway at Kai Tak Airport and crashes into Kowloon Bay, killing seven people.

Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.

Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.

The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.

Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the Abzelilovsky District in Bashkortostan, Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all 102 people aboard.

Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.

Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

TWA Flight 903 crashes near Itay El Barud, Egypt, killing all 55 aboard.

The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece into Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.

USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.

World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.

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.

Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.

Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.

In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.

The Integral Nationalist Group wins the 1933 Andorran parliamentary election, the first election in Andorra held with universal male suffrage.

Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.

Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.

German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.

Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.

The 7.0 Mw  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.

Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother, Abdul Hamid II.

During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.

Peninsular War: Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.

Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.

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.

William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.

Pope Paul III excommunicates English King Henry VIII from the church. He drew up a papal bull of excommunication which began Eius qui immobilis.

Under the influence of the Ottoman government, patriarch Symeon I convenes a synod of the Eastern Orthodox Churches in Constantinople. The council defines the ritual for admitting Catholics to the Eastern Orthodox Churches and condemns the church union of Ferrara-Florence.

King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI, becomes King of England at the age of nine months.

The 8.8–9.4 Caldera earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region causing tsunami in Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.

King Haakon V of Norway moves the capital from Bergen to Oslo.

Al-Kamil becomes sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty.

Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year.

After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies with no children, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.

Jang Won-young, South Korean singer and model

Amanda Anisimova, American tennis player

Sauce Gardner, American football player

Jaylen Barron, American actress

BossMan Dlow, American rapper

Jalen Brunson, American basketball player

Brittany Mahomes, American soccer player

Alex Harris, Scottish footballer

Can Aktav, Turkish football player

Pablo Marí, Spanish football player

Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player

Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player

Holly Earl, British actress

Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player

Ragna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician

Nicolás Tagliafico, Argentine footballer

António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver

Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer

Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player

Dezmon Briscoe, American football player

Matt Adams, American baseball player

Trent Hodkinson, Australian rugby league player

David Ospina, Colombian footballer

Ember Moon, American wrestler

Xavi Annunziata, Spanish footballer

Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer

Ondřej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player

Ryan Kelley, American actor

Johnny Wactor, American actor (died 2024)

Blake Wheeler, American ice hockey player

Rolando, Portuguese footballer

Andrew Foster, Australian footballer

Mabel Matiz, Turkish singer

Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Matti Breschel, Danish cyclist

Ryan Kesler, American ice hockey player

Ted Ligety, American skier

Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer

Deniz Aydoğdu, German-Turkish footballer

Milan Biševac, Serbian footballer

Larry Fitzgerald, American football player

Ian Crocker, American swimmer

Chris Duhon, American basketball player

Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian sprinter

Christopher Katongo, Zambian footballer

Josh Kroeger, American baseball player

Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

Pepe Reina, Spanish footballer

Michele Rugolo, Italian race car driver

G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and author

Ahmad Al Harthy, Omani race car driver

Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby player

Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player

Joe Budden, American broadcaster and former rapper

Clay Hensley, American baseball player

Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer

Yara Martinez, Puerto Rican-American actress

Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian Tamil singer-songwriter and producer

Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player

Mickie James, American wrestler

Philippe Christanval, French footballer

Ido Pariente, Israeli mixed martial artist and trainer

Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model

Craig Stapleton, Australian rugby league player

Sandis Valters, Latvian basketball player

Morten Qvenild, Norwegian pianist and composer

Jeff Hardy, American wrestler and singer

Ian Harte, Irish footballer

Craig Nicholls, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Arzu Yanardağ, Turkish actress and model

Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter and pianist

Shar Jackson, American actress and singer

Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer and manager

Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player

Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster

John Grahame, American ice hockey player and coach

Sara Ramirez, Mexican-American actor and musician

Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian-Monégasque tennis player

Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Kirstie Allsopp, British TV presenter

Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer

Vadim Repin, Belgian-Russian violinist

Chris Tucker, American comedian and actor

Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia

Greg Mulholland, English politician

Queen Rania of Jordan

Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer and manager

Zack Ward, Canadian actor and producer

Nathalie Bouvier, French skier

Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor and physician

Jeff Russo, American musician

Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer and referee

Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician (died 2016)

Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player

Jolene Watanabe, American tennis player (died 2019)

Gene Hoglan, American drummer

Anita Moen, Norwegian skier

Lyuboslav Penev, Bulgarian footballer and manager

Zsolt Borkai, Hungarian gymnast and politician

Susan Gritton, English soprano and actress

Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and critic

Reb Beach, American guitarist

Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2013)

Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager

Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor

Kieran Crowley, New Zealand rugby player

Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author

Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper

Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)

Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah (died 2024)

Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman

Stephen Cottrell, English bishop

Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster

Gina Schock, American drummer

Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator

Kent Nilsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director

Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China

Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor

Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic

Edwin Moses, American hurdler

Anthony Thistlethwaite, English saxophonist and bass player

Gary Webb, American journalist and author (died 2004)

Julie Brown, American actress and screenwriter

Marcia Clark, American attorney and author

Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver

György Károly, Hungarian poet and author (died 2018)

Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer

Elisabeth Kværne, Norwegian langeleik player (died 2024)

Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator

Herbert Reul, German politician

Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player

Eduardo Nonato Joson, Filipino politician (died 2025)

Richard Gere, American actor and producer

Stephen McKinley Henderson, American actor

Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Rick Roberts, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (died 1982)

Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer

Ken McMullen, English director, producer, and screenwriter

Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager

Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman

Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author and illustrator

Somchai Wongsawat, Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand

Ann Coffey, Scottish social worker and politician

Jerome Corsi, American conspiracy theorist and author

Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach

Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor

Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist (died 2012)

Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher

Liz Forgan, English journalist

Christine King, English historian and academic

Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer

Leonid Ivashov, Russian general

Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer

William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman

Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (died 2012)

Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer (died 1986)

Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (died 2015)

Larry Hankin, American actor, director, and producer

Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter (died 2010)

Jack Thompson, Australian actor

Jerry Allison, American drummer and songwriter (died 2022)

Martin Bell, English journalist and politician

Warren Berlinger, American actor (died 2020)

Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)

Vladimir Orlov, Russian journalist and author (died 2014)

Eldridge Cleaver, American activist and author (died 1998)

Bryan Organ, English painter

Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager (died 2019)

Allan Fotheringham, Canadian journalist (died 2020)

Roy Castle, English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician (died 1994)

Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)

Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actor (died 1981)

Noble Willingham, American actor (died 2004)

Big Tiny Little, American pianist (died 2010)

James Coburn, American actor (died 2002)

Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (died 2005)

Ted Blakey, American historian, activist, and businessman (died 2004)

Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (died 2004)

Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (died 2003)

John Davidson, American physician and politician (died 2012)

Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (died 2003)

Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer (died 2015)

Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (died 2014)

Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic (died 1988)

Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author (died 2005)

Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (died 1986)

Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (died 2011)

Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (died 2010)

John S. Wold, American geologist and politician (died 2017)

Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (died 2008)

Richard Basehart, American actor (died 1984)

Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer (died 2009)

Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (died 2012)

Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician (died 1998)

Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader (died 1970)

Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (died 2008)

William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1981)

Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (died 1977)

Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician (died 2007)

Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (died 1957)

William Shawn, American journalist (died 1992)

Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (died 1986)

Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (died 2004)

Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator (died 1997)

Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (died 1983)

Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher (died 1985)

Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (died 1977)

Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (died 1943)

Fredric March, American actor (died 1975)

Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal (died 1979)

Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (died 1982)

Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author (died 1982)

Lily Laskine, French harp player (died 1988)

August Alle, Estonian poet and author (died 1952)

Nätti-Jussi, Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (died 1964)

DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright (died 1940)

George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science (died 1956)

Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands (died 1962)

Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author (died 1964)

Taishō, Emperor of Japan (died 1926)

Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer (died 1933)

Rosa Lemberg, Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor (died 1959)

James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas (died 1944)

Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (died 1952)

Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (died 1919)

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist (died 1924)

Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator (died 1886)

Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1907)

Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (died 1894)

Théophile Gautier, French poet and critic (died 1872)

Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (died 1834)

Ramón Castilla, Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (died 1867)

Stephen Geary, English architect, inventor and entrepreneur (died 1854)

Agnes Bulmer, English poet and author (died 1836)

Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen (died 1798)

Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (died 1820)

Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator (died 1816)

George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1775)

Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (died 1705)

Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Italian nobleman (died 1708)

Jahangir, Mughal emperor (died 1627)

Isabella de' Medici, Italian princess (died 1576)

Zhang Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1208)

Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (died 1046)

Commodus, Roman emperor (died 192)

Caligula, Roman emperor (died 41)

Sol Bamba, Ivorian-French footballer (born 1985)

Mahal, Filipino comedian and actress (born 1974)

Francesco Morini, Italian footballer (born 1944)

Michael Constantine, Greek-American actor (born 1927)

Geronimo, British alpaca (born 2013)

Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India (born 1935)

Tom Seaver, American baseball player (born 1944)

Anthoine Hubert, French race car driver (born 1996)

Alec Holowka, Canadian game developer (born 1983)

Carole Shelley, British-American actress (born 1939)

Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (born 1926)

Tom Scott, American football player (born 1930)

Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1933)

Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1931)

Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (born 1932)

Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1945)

Alan Carrington, English chemist and academic (born 1934)

David Frost, English journalist and game show host (born 1939)

Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (born 1923)

Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (born 1939)

Max Bygraves, English actor (born 1922)

Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (born 1944)

Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (born 1927)

Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1938)

John C. Shabaz, American judge and politician (born 1931)

Sergey Sokolov, Russian commander and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union (born 1911)

Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1976)

Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (born 1960)

Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1941)

Ike Pappas, American journalist (born 1933)

Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (born 1939)

Gay Brewer, American golfer (born 1932)

Jean Jacques Paradis, Canadian general (born 1928)

Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (born 1926)

Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (born 1983)

Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (born 1911)

Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)

Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1908)

Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (born 1944)

George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)

Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (born 1912)

Dolores Moore, American baseball player and educator (born 1932)

Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1961)

Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (born 1955)

Cliff Lumsdon, Canadian swimmer and coach (born 1931)

Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (born 1922)

Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (born 1893)

Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (born 1900)

Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (born 1898)

Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)

Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (born 1927)

Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (born 1904)

Tiger Smith, English cricketer and coach (born 1886)

John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (born 1913)

William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (born 1918)

Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1923)

John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)

Rocky Marciano, American boxer (born 1923)

John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (born 1933)

Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (born 1891)

E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (born 1890)

Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (born 1882)

Elsa Barker, American author and poet (born 1869)

Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (born 1868)

Paul Demel, Czech actor (born 1903)

Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (born 1896)

Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician (born 1892)

Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (born 1874)

Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (born 1892)

Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (born 1871)

DeLancey W. Gill, American painter (born 1859)

Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (born 1905)

Andranik, Armenian general (born 1865)

Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (born 1881)

Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1832)

Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (born 1864)

Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (born 1875)

Leslie Green, English architect (born 1875)

Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (born 1814)

Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (born 1827)

Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (born 1821)

Ferdinand Lassalle, Prussian-German jurist and philosopher (born 1825)

Chief Oshkosh, Menominee chief (born 1795)

Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (born 1745)

Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1747)

Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (born 1738)

Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (born 1729)

Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (born 1720)

François-André Danican Philidor, French-English chess player and composer (born 1726)

William Borlase, English geologist and historian (born 1695)

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (born 1681)

Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (born 1660)

John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (born 1628)

Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (born 1588)

Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (born 1566)

Matthias Grünewald, German artist (born 1470)

Thomas Wode, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (born 1395)

Henry V of England (born 1386)

Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (born 1301)

Henry II of Jerusalem (born 1271)

Konrad von Würzburg, German poet

Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (born 1212)

Sancho III of Castile (born 1134)

Turgot of Durham (bornc. 1050)

Theodora, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire (born 981)

Kunigunde of Altdorf, Frankish noblewoman (born c. 1020)

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i, Muslim governor

Ōtomo no Tabito, Japanese poet (born 665)

Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and saint

John Scholasticus, Byzantine patriarch and saint

Liu Cong, emperor of the Xiongnu state

Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)

Christian feast day: Aidan of Lindisfarne

Christian feast day: Amatus of Nusco

Christian feast day: Aristides of Athens

Christian feast day: Cuthburh

Christian feast day: Joseph of Arimathea

Christian feast day: Nicodemus

Christian feast day: Paulinus of Trier

Christian feast day: Raymond Nonnatus

Christian feast day: Wala of Corbie

Christian feast day: Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

Christian feast day: August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.

Romanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova)

Sabah Day (Sabah, Borneo)