Historical Events In August - 31

1971  On this day in history dave Scott becomes first person to drive a car on the Moon  

1972  On this day in history olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics  

1973  On August - 31 the first heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)  

1973  On August - 31 john Ford, US director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78  

1974  On August - 31 william Pershing Benedict, American pilot  

1975  Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24 on this day in history.  

1976  On this day in history kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81  

1977  On August - 31 aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524')  

1977  On August - 31 ian Smith wins the Rhodesian general election with 80 per cent of the overwhelmingly white electorate's vote.  

1978  Symbionese Liberation Army founders William & Emily Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst on this day in history.  

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1979  Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with the Sun on August - 31.  

1979  Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as UN ambassador on August - 31.  

1979  On August - 31 movie actress Sally Rand dies of heart failure at age 76 in Glendora, CAug 31,  

1979  E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies on August - 31.  

1980  On August - 31 poland's Solidarity labor union founded  

1981  Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history pinklin Thomas defeats Tim Witherspoon for the WBC heavyweight title  

1985  On August - 31 night Stalker suspect that terrorized S Calif captured in East LA  

1986  On this day in history a private plane collides with an Aeromexico jet over Cerritos, CA, killing 82 people.Aug 31,  

1986  On August - 31 aeromexico jet & small plane collide kill 82  

1986  Soviet passenger ship Adm Nakhimov, collides with a merchant vessel on August - 31.  

1986  Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1987  Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for the year record ($697,385) on August - 31.  

1988  On this day in history 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins  

1988  A Delta Boeing 727 crashes during takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, killing 14 passengers on this day in history.  

1990  Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies on August - 31.  

1991  On August - 31 leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93  

1993  On this day in history russians pull last 500 military personnel left from cold war, out of Lithuania  

1993  On August - 31 gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80  

1994  Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88 on August - 31.  

1995  Beant Singh, PM of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 on August - 31.  

1996  On this day in history david Scott, priest, dies at 72  

1997  Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, dies in car crash in Paris at 36 on August - 31.  

1999  On August - 31 a Boeing 737 jet crashes during takeoff from Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 72 people.  

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

1602  Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik was born on August - 31.  

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

1696  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0683  On this day in history death of pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque  

1056  On August - 31 death of theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)  

1057  Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies on August - 31.  

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

1218  On August - 31 al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies  

1234  Death of Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212) on August - 31.  

1372  Death of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301) on this day in history.