Born on August 31st, 1912
Weekday
Saturday
August 31st, 1912 was a Saturday.
Zodiac
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Virgo (The Maiden)
August 24th, 1912 - September 23rd, 1912
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 40,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 226 days, exactly on December 1st, 2024, people who were born on August 31st, 1912 will be 41,000 days old!
40,774 Days
5,824 Weeks
1,339 Months
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What happened on August 31st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st
Born on August 31st, 1912
Helmut Hamann
German sprinter (1912-1941)
*August 31st, 1912, Berlin †June 22nd, 1941, Lublin VoivodeshipSame Day
Who's birthday is on August 31st?
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William Saroyan
Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981)
*August 31st, 1908, Fresno †May 18th, 1981, Fresno
73 Hermann von Helmholtz
German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)
*August 31st, 1821, Potsdam †September 8th, 1894, Charlottenburg.jpg "Roland Culver")
Alan Jay Lerner
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
*August 31st, 1918, New York City †June 14th, 1986, New York City
81 Maria Montessori
Italian pedagogue and physician
*August 31st, 1870, Chiaravalle †May 6th, 1952, Noordwijk
70 Richard Basehart
American actor (1914–1984)
*August 31st, 1914, Zanesville †September 17th, 1984, Los Angeles_,_in_1948.jpg "Amrita Pritam")
Fredric March
American actor (1897–1975)
*August 31st, 1897, Racine †April 14th, 1975, Los AngelesDore Schary
Screenwriter, playwright, film director, studio executive (1905-1980)
*August 31st, 1905, Newark †July 7th, 1980, New York City.jpg "Chris Tucker")
Same year
Born in 1912
81 Erich Honecker
Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)
*August 25th, 1912, Neunkirchen †May 29th, 1994, La Reina
41 Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
*June 23rd, 1912, Maida Vale †June 7th, 1954, WilmslowJack Marshall
Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician (1912-1988)
*March 5th, 1912, Wellington †August 30th, 1988, Snape
104 Ingeborg Rapoport
German physician and East German communist functionary (1912-2017)
*September 2nd, 1912, Kribi †March 23rd, 2017, Berlin
94 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
German physicist (1912–2007)
*June 28th, 1912, Kiel †April 28th, 2007, SöckingLeiva Petersen
German classical philologist and publisher
*November 28th, 1912, Berlin †April 17th, 1992, Weimar
65 John Paul I
Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)
*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City.jpg "John Cage")
79 John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
*September 5th, 1912, Los Angeles †August 12th, 1992, New York City
90 Wendy Hiller
English film and stage actress (1912-2003)
*August 15th, 1912, Stockport †May 14th, 2003, Beaconsfield
94 Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
*July 31st, 1912, Brooklyn †November 16th, 2006, San Francisco
59 Jean Vilar
French theatre director and actor (1912–1971)
*March 25th, 1912, Sète †May 28th, 1971, Sète
44 Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton
75 Ray Eames
American artist, designer, and filmmaker
*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles
65 Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
*March 23rd, 1912, Wyrzysk †June 16th, 1977, Alexandria
97 June Havoc
American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist
*November 8th, 1912, Vancouver †March 28th, 2010, Stamford
78 Patrick White
English-born Australian writer
*May 28th, 1912, London †September 30th, 1990, SydneyBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 31st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 31st.
Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloch-Pashtun_Unity_DayWaltheof, Earl of Northumbria
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltheof,_Earl_of_NorthumbriaAugust 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_31_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_PolandIndependence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Kyrgyzstan)Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Malaysia)Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Trinidad_and_TobagoRomanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Language_DayNorth Borneo Self-government Day (Sabah, Borneo)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabah_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
31.8.1912
Legend
| M = 1000 | CM = 900 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1912 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).