A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
August 31: Day of the Week
August 31, 2024 is the 244th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
August 31 Historical Event(s)
1795
War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
1920
Polish-Bolshevik War: a decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
1939
Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day thus starting World War II in Europe.
1940
Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
1941
World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
1945
The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
1949
The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
1996
Saddam Hussein’s troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
2010
The last episode of The Bill, the longest-running police procedural television series in the United Kingdom, is aired on ITV1.
Who were born on August 31?
1870
Maria Montessori, Italian educator (d. 1952)
1880
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
1897
Fredric March, American actor (d. 1975)
1953
Pavel Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut
1963
Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer
1979
Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
1981
Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby union footballer
1983
Deniz Aydoğdu, Turkish footballer
1984
Matti Breschel, Danish road bicycle racer
1984
Ted Ligety, American alpine skier
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters XVVZUAHJUITG? Check your answers here: Word search XVVZUAHJUITG. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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