August 31st, 1980

Born on August 31st, 1980

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What 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.

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, 1980

43

Leo Bill

British actor

*August 31st, 1980, Warwickshire

43

James Hill

Canadian musician on the ukulele

*August 31st, 1980, Canada

43

Joe Budden

American rapper and media personality

*August 31st, 1980, New York City

43

Anas Rashid

Indian actor

*August 31st, 1980, Malerkotla

43

Tommy Vietor

American spokesman and podcast host

*August 31st, 1980, Massachusetts

43

Nikola Prce

Bosnian handball player

*August 31st, 1980, Čapljina

43

Flex

Panamanian musician

*August 31st, 1980, Panama City

43

Kobi Farag

Israeli actor, director and filmmaker

*August 31st, 1980, Petah Tikva

43

Joselyn Canfor Dumas

Ghanaian actress/TV Host

*August 31st, 1980, France

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

41

Pepe Reina

Spanish association football player

*August 31st, 1982, Madrid

49

Marc Webb

American music video and film director

*August 31st, 1974, Bloomington

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

44

Peter Luczak

Australian tennis player

*August 31st, 1979, Warsaw

38

Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)

*August 31st, 1985, Riyadh

44

Mickie James

American country singer and professional wrestler

*August 31st, 1979, Richmond

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

52

Chris Tucker

American actor and comedian

*August 31st, 1971, Atlanta

22

Amanda Anisimova

American tennis player

*August 31st, 2001, Freehold Township

52

Charmaine Craig

American actress

*August 31st, 1971, United States of America

44

Simon Neil

Scottish singer, guitarist and songwriter

*August 31st, 1979, Irvine

75

Holger Osieck

German association football player and manager

*August 31st, 1948, Duisburg

71

Herbert Reul

German politician (CDU)

*August 31st, 1952, Langenfeld

53

Queen Rania of Jordan

Queen Consort of Jordan

*August 31st, 1970, Kuwait City

46

Jeff Hardy

American professional wrestler

*August 31st, 1977, Cameron

73

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

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

44

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Indian composer and singer-songwriter

*August 31st, 1979, Chennai

42

Joe Swanberg

American filmmaker

*August 31st, 1981, Detroit

39

Matti Breschel

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1984

*August 31st, 1984, Faxe

67

Tsai Ing-wen

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

*August 31st, 1956, Zhongshan District

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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).

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