Historical Events In August - 31

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

1972  Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics on August - 31.  

1973  On this day in history the first heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)  

1973  On this day in history 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 August - 31 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  Ian Smith wins the Rhodesian general election with 80 per cent of the overwhelmingly white electorate's vote on August - 31.  

1978  On August - 31 symbionese Liberation Army founders William & Emily Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst  

1979  On this day in history comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with the Sun  

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  On this day in history e J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies  

1980  Poland's Solidarity labor union founded on this day in history.  

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

1984  On August - 31 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 August - 31 a private plane collides with an Aeromexico jet over Cerritos, CA, killing 82 people.Aug 31,  

1986  Aeromexico jet & small plane collide kill 82 on August - 31.  

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

1986  Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88 on August - 31.  

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

1988  5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins on August - 31.  

1988  On August - 31 a Delta Boeing 727 crashes during takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, killing 14 passengers.  

1990  Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies on this day in history.  

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

1993  Russians pull last 500 military personnel left from cold war, out of Lithuania on August - 31.  

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

1994  Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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  On August - 31 diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, dies in car crash in Paris at 36  

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

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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  Guillaume Amontons, French physicist was born on this day in history.  

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

1721  On this day in history birth of george Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)  

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  Death of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary on this day in history.  

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

1056  Death of Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981) on August - 31.  

1057  On this day in history leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies  

1158  On this day in history sancho III, King of Castile, dies  

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

1234  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)  

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