August 31 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | August 31 Calendar
August 31th Daily Holidays include:
- Bacon Day – August 31 (also on December 30)
- Eat Outside Day
- Franchise Appreciation Day – August 31, 2023
- International Whisk(e)y Day
- Love Litigating Lawyers Day
- National Diatomaceous Earth Day
- National Matchmaker Day
- National Trail Mix Day
- Thoughtful Thursday – August 31, 2023 (Last Thursday in August)
- We Love Memoirs Day
August 31: Famous Birthdays
- August 31, 1870 – Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator behind the Montessori Method of teaching (d. 1952)
- August 31, 1880 – Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1962
- August 31, 1945 – Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer and songwriter
- August 31, 1945 – Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1971-1974 before going on to have a successful solo career (Ebony Eyes, Sentimental Lady)
- August 31, 1949 – Richard Gere, American actor and producer (An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride)
- August 31, 1970 – Queen Rania of Jordan
August 31: Historical Events
- August 31, 1314 – King Haakon V of Norway moves the capital from Bergen to Oslo
- August 31, 1422 – King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His 9 month old son, Henry VI becomes King of England
- August 31, 1776 – William Livingston begins serving his first term as the first Governor of New Jersey
- August 31, 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta
- August 31, 1886 – Charleston Carolina has a 7.0 Mw earthquake that kills 60 people and does an estimated $5-6 million in damages
- August 31, 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols, the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims is murdered
- August 31, 1895 – German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon
- August 31, 1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector
- August 31, 1935 – The United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts in an attempt to stay out of the growing turmoil in Europe
- August 31, 1943 – The USS Harmon is commissioned and is the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person
- August 31, 1957 – The Federation of Malaya gains its independence from the United Kingdom
- August 31, 1986 – Aeromexico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, CA killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground
- August 31, 1986 – The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov collides with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev in the Black Sea, killing 423
- August 31, 1987 – Thai Airways Flight 365 crashed into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand kill 83 aboard
- August 31, 1991 – Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union
- August 31, 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris
- August 31, 1999 – At Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, a LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff killing 65, including two on the ground
- August 31, 2005 – The Al-Aaimmah bridge stamped in Baghdad kills 953 people
- August 31, 2016 – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office
August 31: Music Events
- August 31, 1974 – The final Partridge Family episode airs on ABC
- August 31, 2004 – American Idiot is released by Green Day
- August 31, 2010 – Time for Annihilation is released as Papa Roach’s first live album
August 31: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for August 31 is Virgo.
August Birthstone:
What is the August Birthstone? Peridot
Peridot. The modern August birthstone, peridot has been prized as a jewelry stone since ancient times. Always green in color but with considerable variations, a peridot’s particular shade depends on its source.
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