August 31st, 1943

Born on August 31st, 1943

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What happened on August 31st, 1943?

August 31st, 1943

USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Harmon_(DE-678)

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, 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.

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.

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

Born on August 31st, 1943

80

Philippe Vasseur

French politician

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

80

Thierry Jordan

Archbishop

*August 31st, 1943, Shanghai

80

Alain Gerber

French radio host and writer

*August 31st, 1943, Belfort

80

Jacques Nolot

French actor, screenwriter and film director

*August 31st, 1943, Marciac

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

78

Van Morrison

Northern Irish musician

*August 31st, 1945, Belfast

79

Noël Simsolo

French actor, film director, writer and screenwriter

*August 31st, 1944, Périgueux

73

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

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

79

Roger Dean

English artist, designer, architect, and publisher

*August 31st, 1944, Ashford

83

Alain Calmat

French figure skater, surgeon, and politician

*August 31st, 1940, Paris

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

49

Marc Webb

American music video and film director

*August 31st, 1974, Bloomington

74

Stephen McKinley Henderson

American actor

*August 31st, 1949, Kansas City

52

Chris Tucker

American actor and comedian

*August 31st, 1971, Atlanta

78

Itzhak Perlman

Israeli-American violinist and conductor

*August 31st, 1945, Jaffa

69

George Kuchar

American filmmaker (1942-2011)

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

83

Jack Thompson

Australian actor

*August 31st, 1940, Sydney

22

Amanda Anisimova

American tennis player

*August 31st, 2001, Freehold Township

73

Walter Moßmann

German liedermacher, writer and journalist

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

Same year
Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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