Historical Events In August - 31

1949  Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies on August - 31.  

1950  On August - 31 contingent of 80 men from First Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, leaves for the Korean War.  

1950  On August - 31 hMAS Sydney and Tobruk sail for Korea  

1950  On August - 31 dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves  

1951  1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf on this day in history.  

1953  On this day in history kRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting  

1954  On this day in history census Bureau established  

1954  Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die on August - 31.  

1954  Hurricane Carol hits New England, killing more than 60 people and causiAug 31, massive property damage on August - 31.  

1954  On August - 31 census Bureau forms  

1955  On this day in history the birth of Ed Moses, American track athlete  

1955  The first microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx) on August - 31.  

1955  On August - 31 the first sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill  

1955  On this day in history 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)  

1957  On August - 31 malaya (Malaysia) gains independence from Britain  

1957  Malaysia (formerly Malaya) gains independence from Britain on August - 31.  

1959  On this day in history australia defeats US for tennis' Davis Cup  

1959  On August - 31 charles Delaney, dies at 67  

1960  On August - 31 agricultural Hall of Fame established  

1962  On August - 31 trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain  

1963  On August - 31 george F Broque, cubist painter, dies at 81 in Paris  

1964  Carole Coleman, singer (Make Mine Music), dies at 42 on August - 31.  

1965  House of Reps joins Senate establish Dept of Housing & Urban Develop on August - 31.  

1966  On this day in history kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies at 75  

1967  Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet/writer (9th wave), dies at 76 on August - 31.  

1968  On this day in history 6,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran  

1968  On August - 31 in Iran a 7.3 earthquake was centered about 250 kilometers south of Mashhad. There were 12,000 to 20,000 deaths, many injuries, and over 60,000 homeless  

1968  Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover on August - 31.  

1968  On August - 31 dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60  

1969  On this day in history 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival  

1969  Boxer Rocky Marciano dies in an airplane crash in Iowa, at age 4Aug 31, on this day in history.  

1969  Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72 on August - 31.  

1970  On this day in history lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted  

1970  On this day in history uS defeats German FR for tennis' Davis Cup  

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1569  On August - 31 birth of djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India  

1602  On this day in history birth of amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik  

1663  On August - 31 birth of guillaume Amontons, French physicist  

1696  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer was born on August - 31.  

1721  George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.  

1741  On August - 31 birth of johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer  

1741  Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general (d. 1834) was born on this day in history.  

1748  On August - 31 birth of jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer  

0651  On this day in history death of saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary  

0683  Death of Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque on August - 31.  

1056  Death of Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981) on this day in history.  

1057  Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies on this day in history.  

1158  Sancho III, King of Castile, dies on this day in history.  

1218  Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies on this day in history.  

1234  Death of Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212) on this day in history.  

1372  Death of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301) on August - 31.