August 31st, 2017

Born on August 31st, 2017

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 2017

6

Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna

Younger son of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden

*August 31st, 2017, Danderyd Hospital

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

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

22

Amanda Anisimova

American tennis player

*August 31st, 2001, Freehold Township

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

73

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

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

49

Marc Webb

American music video and film director

*August 31st, 1974, Bloomington

27

Fabio Jakobsen

Dutch cyclist

*August 31st, 1996, Gorinchem

75

Holger Osieck

German association football player and manager

*August 31st, 1948, Duisburg

52

Chris Tucker

American actor and comedian

*August 31st, 1971, Atlanta

71

Herbert Reul

German politician (CDU)

*August 31st, 1952, Langenfeld

41

Pepe Reina

Spanish association football player

*August 31st, 1982, Madrid

38

Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)

*August 31st, 1985, Riyadh

52

Charmaine Craig

American actress

*August 31st, 1971, United States of America

20

Bella Ramsey

British actor

*August 31st, 2003, Nottingham

67

Tsai Ing-wen

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

*August 31st, 1956, Zhongshan District

53

Queen Rania of Jordan

Queen Consort of Jordan

*August 31st, 1970, Kuwait City

31

Kim Magnusson

Swedish cyclist

*August 31st, 1992, Skövde

69

Robert Kocharyan

Second President of Armenia

*August 31st, 1954, Khankendi

83

Warren Berlinger

American actor

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

81

Maria Montessori

Italian pedagogue and physician

*August 31st, 1870, Chiaravalle †May 6th, 1952, Noordwijk

26

Avalon Wasteneys

Canadian rower (born 1997)

*August 31st, 1997, North York

83

Roland Culver

Actor (1900-1984)

*August 31st, 1900, Highgate †March 1st, 1984, Henley-on-Thames

44

Peter Luczak

Australian tennis player

*August 31st, 1979, Warsaw

35

Mahamane Traoré

Malian footballer

*August 31st, 1988, Bamako

61

Dee Bradley Baker

American voice actor (born 1962)

*August 31st, 1962, Bloomington

32

Cédric Soares

Portuguese association football player

*August 31st, 1991, Singen

58

Zsolt Borkai

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

*August 31st, 1965, Győr

35

David Ospina

Colombian association football player

*August 31st, 1988, Medellín

28

Giovanni Carboni

Italian cyclist

*August 31st, 1995, Fano

26

Leem Lubany

Arab-Israeli actress of Palestinian descent

*August 31st, 1997, Nazareth

35

Rachel Legrain-Trapani

French beauty pageant contestant

*August 31st, 1988, Saint-Saulve

28

Martijn Budding

Dutch cyclist

*August 31st, 1995, Veenendaal

74

Stephen McKinley Henderson

American actor

*August 31st, 1949, Kansas City

34

Salvatore Puccio

Italian racing cyclist

*August 31st, 1989, Menfi

39

Matti Breschel

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1984

*August 31st, 1984, Faxe

56

Jonathan Cake

British actor

*August 31st, 1967, Worthing

57

Gord Brown

Canadian politician

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

46

Jeff Hardy

American professional wrestler

*August 31st, 1977, Cameron

72

William Saroyan

Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981)

*August 31st, 1908, Fresno †May 18th, 1981, Fresno

44

Mickie James

American country singer and professional wrestler

*August 31st, 1979, Richmond

71

Edwy Plenel

French journalist and writer

*August 31st, 1952, Nantes

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No: With 365 days 2017 is a normal year and no leap year.

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