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August 31: Day of the Week
August 31, 2024 is the 244th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
August 31 Historical Event(s)
1218
Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil.
1886
An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
1907
Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
1939
Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day thus starting World War II in Europe.
1943
The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
1949
The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
1957
The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1996
Saddam Hussein’s troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
1999
A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
1999
The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
Who were born on August 31?
1913
Helen Levitt, American photographer (d. 2009)
1920
G. D. Spradlin, American actor (d. 2011)
1928
James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
1938
Martin Bell, British journalist
1944
Clive Lloyd, Guyanese West Indies cricketer
1946
Jerome Corsi, American writer
1947
Somchai Wongsawat, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
1974
Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian tennis player
1975
John Grahame, American ice hockey player
1981
Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters AKRUBULBIZPE? Check your answers here: Word search AKRUBULBIZPE. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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