August 31st, 1942

Born on August 31st, 1942

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What happened on August 31st, 1942?

August 31st, 1942

The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_Matagorda_hurricane

What else happened on August 31st?

August 31st, 2019

A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

August 31st, 2016

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was removed from office following her impeachment on charges of criminal administrative misconduct.

August 31st, 2002

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

August 31st, 1997

Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris.

August 31st, 1969

On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, an event attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.

August 31st, 1959

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

August 31st, 1941

World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.

August 31st, 1940

Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.

August 31st, 1939

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

August 31st, 1907

Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian Convention, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

August 31st, 1897

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern movie projector.

August 31st, 1888

The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (depicted), was found in Buck's Row, London.

August 31st, 1876

Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.

August 31st, 1218

Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st

Born on August 31st, 1942

69

George Kuchar

American filmmaker (1942-2011)

*August 31st, 1942, New York City †September 6th, 2011, San Francisco

81

Isao Aoki

Professional golfer

*August 31st, 1942, Abiko

62

Aurelio Malfa

Italian actor (1942-2004)

*August 31st, 1942, Sicily †November 20th, 2004, Berlin

80

Pedro Solbes

Spanish politician

*August 31st, 1942, Pinoso †March 18th, 2023, Madrid

81

Carole Wells

American film actress

*August 31st, 1942, Shreveport

81

Gérard Pirès

French film director

*August 31st, 1942, Paris

81

Christopher Morgan

American film producer

*August 31st, 1942, Los Angeles

77

Suzanne Roquette

German actress

*August 31st, 1942, Berlin †May 28th, 2020

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 31st?

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

75

Holger Osieck

German association football player and manager

*August 31st, 1948, Duisburg

71

Herbert Reul

German politician (CDU)

*August 31st, 1952, Langenfeld

83

Warren Berlinger

American actor

*August 31st, 1937, Brooklyn †December 2nd, 2020, Valencia

80

Philippe Vasseur

French politician

*August 31st, 1943, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

83

Alain Calmat

French figure skater, surgeon, and politician

*August 31st, 1940, Paris

78

Van Morrison

Northern Irish musician

*August 31st, 1945, Belfast

73

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

*August 31st, 1821, Potsdam †September 8th, 1894, Charlottenburg

67

Tsai Ing-wen

President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and former Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party

*August 31st, 1956, Zhongshan District

69

Robert Kocharyan

Second President of Armenia

*August 31st, 1954, Khankendi

73

Walter Moßmann

German liedermacher, writer and journalist

*August 31st, 1941, Karlsruhe †May 29th, 2015, Breisach

79

Noël Simsolo

French actor, film director, writer and screenwriter

*August 31st, 1944, Périgueux

74

Stephen McKinley Henderson

American actor

*August 31st, 1949, Kansas City

52

Chris Tucker

American actor and comedian

*August 31st, 1971, Atlanta

79

Roger Dean

English artist, designer, architect, and publisher

*August 31st, 1944, Ashford

22

Amanda Anisimova

American tennis player

*August 31st, 2001, Freehold Township

78

Itzhak Perlman

Israeli-American violinist and conductor

*August 31st, 1945, Jaffa

52

Charmaine Craig

American actress

*August 31st, 1971, United States of America

71

Edwy Plenel

French journalist and writer

*August 31st, 1952, Nantes

Same year
Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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