August 31st, 1957

Born on August 31st, 1957

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What happened on August 31st, 1957?

August 31st, 1957

The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya

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, 1957

66

Gina Schock

American rock drummer

*August 31st, 1957, Baltimore

58

Edwige Belmore

French singer, model and actor

*August 31st, 1957, Paris †September 22nd, 2015, Miami

66

Glenn Tilbrook

English musician (born 1957)

*August 31st, 1957, Woolwich

66

Thomas Harms

German stage actor

*August 31st, 1957, Schwerin

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

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

67

Tsai Ing-wen

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

*August 31st, 1956, Zhongshan District

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

71

Herbert Reul

German politician (CDU)

*August 31st, 1952, Langenfeld

75

Holger Osieck

German association football player and manager

*August 31st, 1948, Duisburg

69

Robert Kocharyan

Second President of Armenia

*August 31st, 1954, Khankendi

65

Éric Zemmour

French politician and writer

*August 31st, 1958, Montreuil

49

Marc Webb

American music video and film director

*August 31st, 1974, Bloomington

52

Chris Tucker

American actor and comedian

*August 31st, 1971, Atlanta

57

Gord Brown

Canadian politician

*August 31st, 1960, Toronto †May 2nd, 2018, Ottawa

61

Dee Bradley Baker

American voice actor (born 1962)

*August 31st, 1962, Bloomington

65

Julie Brown

American actress, comedian, screenwriter, singer-songwriter and television director

*August 31st, 1958, Van Nuys

73

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

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

52

Charmaine Craig

American actress

*August 31st, 1971, United States of America

71

Edwy Plenel

French journalist and writer

*August 31st, 1952, Nantes

53

Queen Rania of Jordan

Queen Consort of Jordan

*August 31st, 1970, Kuwait City

83

Warren Berlinger

American actor

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

58

Zsolt Borkai

Hungarian gymnast Olympic champion,and politician, former mayor of Győr

*August 31st, 1965, Győr

22

Amanda Anisimova

American tennis player

*August 31st, 2001, Freehold Township

41

Pepe Reina

Spanish association football player

*August 31st, 1982, Madrid

Same year
Born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

67

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*February 17th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

67

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1957 is a normal year and no leap year.

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