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Birthday August 31, 1870 Maria Montessori, educator |
Birthday August 31, 1903 Arthur Godfrey, radio, TV host |
Birthday August 31, 1903 Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank |
Birthday August 31, 1908 William Saroyan is born |
Birthday August 31, 1908 William Saroyan, novelist, playwright (Time of Your Life) |
Birthday August 31, 1918 Alan Jay Lerner, composer |
Birthday August 31, 1924 Buddy Hackett, comedian |
Birthday August 31, 1928 James Coburn, Actor |
Birthday August 31, 1935 Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican |
Birthday August 31, 1937 Warren Berlinger, Actor |
Birthday August 31, 1945 Leonid I. Popov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 35, 40, T-7) |
Birthday August 31, 1945 Itzhak Perlman, violinist |
Birthday August 31, 1949 Actor Richard Gere born |
Birthday August 31, 1958 Edward Moses, track star |
History August 31, 1777 Sam Mason survives Indian attack |
History August 31, 1777 Sam Mason survives Indian attack |
History August 31, 1842 US Naval Observatory is authorized by an act of Congress |
History August 31, 1850 California Pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets |
History August 31, 1864 Battle of Jonesboro leads to fall of Atlanta |
History August 31, 1886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized |
History August 31, 1886 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US at Charleston S.C |
History August 31, 1886 Earthquake shakes Charleston, South Carolina |
History August 31, 1888 Jack the Ripper claims first victim |
History August 31, 1897 Edison patents the Kinetograph |
History August 31, 1916 American soldier Harry Butters killed in the Battle of the Somme |
History August 31, 1928 Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera premieres in Berlin |
History August 31, 1935 FDR signs Neutrality Act |
History August 31, 1939 Germany prepares for invasion of Poland |
History August 31, 1944 The British cross the Gothic Line |
History August 31, 1950 Gil Hodges hits 4 homers in 1 game |
History August 31, 1951 William O. Douglas calls for recognition of PRC |
History August 31, 1955 Dulles supports Diem's decision not to hold national election |
History August 31, 1955 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated Chicago Il |
History August 31, 1955 1st microwave television station operated - Lufkin Texas |
History August 31, 1955 William Cobb demonstrates first solar-powered car |
History August 31, 1957 Malaysia gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
History August 31, 1959 Sandy Koufax strikes out 18 |
History August 31, 1962 Trinidad & Tobago gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
History August 31, 1963 Malaysia Day |
History August 31, 1965 Ky refuses to negotiate with the Communists |
History August 31, 1967 Senate Committee calls for stepped-up bombing |
History August 31, 1970 Thieu government maintains control of Senate |
History August 31, 1972 U.S. weekly casualty figures hit new low |
History August 31, 1977 Aleksandr Fedotov sets world aircraft altitude record of 38.26 km (125 524 ft) in a Mikoyan E-266M turbojet |
History August 31, 1980 Poland's Solidarity labor union founded |
History August 31, 1985 Los Angeles mob attacks Night Stalker |