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Events on August 31st

August 31st 1997 : Princess Diana is killed
Princess Diana of England dies along with her companion, department store heir Dodi Fayed, when their car crashes in Paris while evading photographers.
August 31st 1980 : Solidarity recognized in Poland
The Polish government comes to an agreement with striking workers at the Gdansk shipyard, leading to the recognition of Solidarity as Communist Poland's first legal trade union.
August 31st 1962 : Trinidad and Tobago join
Trinidad and Tobago (previously members of the West Indies Federation) join as an independent nation within the British Commonwealth.
August 31st 1952 : Marilyn Monroe: Live radio debut
August 31st 1897 : Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope
American inventor Thomas Edison receives a U.S. patent for his motion-picture camera, known as the Kinetoscope, amid rival claims by inventors of similar machines.
August 31st 1888 : First victim of Jack the Ripper
Mary Ann Nicholls, considered to be Jack the Ripper's first victim, was found murdered in London.

UK Number 1 Singles on August 31st

August 31st 2006 "Deja Vu" by Beyonce featuring Jay-Z
August 31st 2005 "The Importance Of Being Idle" by Oasis
August 31st 2004 "These Words" by Natasha Bedingfield
August 31st 2003 "Are You Ready for Love?" by Elton John
August 31st 2002 "Crossroads" by Blazin' Squad
August 31st 2001 "Let's Dance" by Five
August 31st 2000 "Music" by Madonna
August 31st 1999 "Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of...)|" by Lou Bega
August 31st 1998 "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" by Manic Street Preachers
August 31st 1997 "Men In Black" by Will Smith
August 31st 1996 "Wannabe" by Spice Girls
August 31st 1995 "Country House" by Blur
August 31st 1994 "Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet
August 31st 1993 "Mr Vain" by Culture Beat
August 31st 1992 "Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!
August 31st 1991 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams
August 31st 1990 "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" by Bombalurina
August 31st 1989 "Swing the Mood" by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
August 31st 1988 "The Only Way Is Up" by Yazz and the Plastic Population
August 31st 1987 "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley
August 31st 1986 "I Want To Wake Up With You" by Boris Gardiner
August 31st 1985 "I Got You Babe" by UB40, guest vocals by Chrissie Hynde
August 31st 1984 "Careless Whisper" by George Michael
August 31st 1983 "Red Red Wine" by UB40
August 31st 1982 "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
August 31st 1981 "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell
August 31st 1980 "Start!" by The Jam
August 31st 1979 "We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard
August 31st 1978 "Three Times A Lady" by The Commodores
August 31st 1977 "Float On" by The Floaters
August 31st 1976 "Don't Go Breaking my Heart" by Elton John & Kiki Dee
August 31st 1975 "I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" by The Stylistics
August 31st 1974 "Love Me For A Reason" by The Osmonds
August 31st 1973 "Young Love" by Donny Osmond
August 31st 1972 "You Wear It Well" by Rod Stewart
August 31st 1971 "I'm Still Waiting" by Diana Ross
August 31st 1970 "The Wonder Of You (Live)" by Elvis Presley
August 31st 1969 "In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" by Zager & Evans
August 31st 1968 "Do It Again" by Beach Boys
August 31st 1967 "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)" by Scott McKenzie
August 31st 1966 "Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles
August 31st 1965 "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher
August 31st 1964 "Have I The Right" by The Honeycombs
August 31st 1963 "Bad To Me" by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
August 31st 1962 "I Remember You" by Frank Ifield
August 31st 1961 "Johnny Remember Me" by John Leyton
August 31st 1960 "Apache" by The Shadows
August 31st 1959 "Living Doll" by Cliff Richard and the Drifters
August 31st 1958 "When" by Kalin Twins
August 31st 1957 "Diana" by Paul Anka
August 31st 1956 "Que Sera Sera (whatever will be will be)" by Doris Day
August 31st 1955 "Rose Marie" by Slim Whitman
August 31st 1954 "Cara Mia" by David Whitfield with Mantovani
August 31st 1953 "I Believe" by Frankie Laine

USA Number 1 Singles on August 31st

August 31st 2006 "London Bridge" by Fergie
August 31st 2005 "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey
August 31st 2004 "Lean Back" by The Terror Squad
August 31st 2003 "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
August 31st 2002 "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
August 31st 2001 "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys
August 31st 2000 "Doesn't Really Matter" by Janet
August 31st 1999 "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera
August 31st 1998 "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy and Monica
August 31st 1997 "Mo Money Mo Problems" by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Ma$e
August 31st 1996 "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los Del Rio
August 31st 1995 "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal
August 31st 1994 "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men
August 31st 1993 "Can't Help Falling in Love" by UB40
August 31st 1992 "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
August 31st 1991 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams
August 31st 1990 "Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey
August 31st 1989 "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx
August 31st 1988 "Monkey" by George Michael
August 31st 1987 "La Bamba" by Los Lobos
August 31st 1986 "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood
August 31st 1985 "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & the News
August 31st 1984 "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr.
August 31st 1983 "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
August 31st 1982 "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
August 31st 1981 "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
August 31st 1980 "Sailing" by Christopher Cross
August 31st 1979 "My Sharona" by The Knack
August 31st 1978 "Grease" by Frankie Valli
August 31st 1977 "Best of My Love" by The Emotions
August 31st 1976 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee
August 31st 1975 "Get Down Tonight" by KC and the Sunshine Band
August 31st 1974 "(You're) Having My Baby" by Paul Anka and Odia Coates
August 31st 1973 "Brother Louie" by Stories
August 31st 1972 "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass
August 31st 1971 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" by Bee Gees
August 31st 1970 "War" by Edwin Starr
August 31st 1969 "Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones
August 31st 1968 "People Got to Be Free" by The Rascals
August 31st 1967 "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
August 31st 1966 "Summer in the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful
August 31st 1965 "I Got You Babe" by Sonny and Cher
August 31st 1964 "Where Did Our Love Go" by The Supremes
August 31st 1963 "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels
August 31st 1962 "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva
August 31st 1961 "Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)" by Joe Dowell
August 31st 1960 "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley
August 31st 1959 "The Three Bells" by The Browns
August 31st 1958 "Little Star" by The Elegants
August 31st 1957 "Tammy" by Debbie Reynolds
August 31st 1956 "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley
August 31st 1955 "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets
August 31st 1954 "Sh-Boom" by The Crew-Cuts
August 31st 1953 "Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)" by Les Paul and Mary Ford
August 31st 1952 "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn
August 31st 1951 "Come on-a My House" by Rosemary Clooney
August 31st 1950 "Goodnight, Irene" by Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers
August 31st 1949 "Some Enchanted Evening" by Perry Como
August 31st 1948 "Twelfth Street Rag" by Pee Wee Hunt
August 31st 1947 "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by Tex Williams
August 31st 1946 "To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard
August 31st 1945 "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" by Johnny Mercer
August 31st 1944 "Swinging on a Star" by Bing Crosby
August 31st 1943 "In the Blue of Evening" by Tommy Dorsey
August 31st 1942 "Jingle Jangle Jingle" by Kay Kyser
August 31st 1941 "Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)" by Jimmy Dorsey
August 31st 1940 "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey

Birthdays on August 31st

August 31st 1972 Chris Tucker
August 31st 1970 Deborah Gibson
August 31st 1970 Debbie Gibson
August 31st 1968 Jim Bob Howard
August 31st 1968 Jolene Watanabe
August 31st 1961 David Chastain
August 31st 1955 Edwin Moses
August 31st 1949 Richard Gere
August 31st 1949 Rick Roberts
August 31st 1948 Rudolf Schenker
August 31st 1945 Itzhak Perlman
August 31st 1945 Van Morrison
August 31st 1940 Alain Calmat
August 31st 1940 Jack Thompson
August 31st 1939 Jerry Allison
August 31st 1937 Warren Berlinger
August 31st 1935 Frank Robinson
August 31st 1935 Eldridge Cleaver
August 31st 1930 Owen B Pickett
August 31st 1928 James Coburn
August 31st 1924 Buddy Hackett
August 31st 1918 Alan Jay Lerner
August 31st 1916 Daniel Schorr
August 31st 1914 Richard Basehart
August 31st 1913 Michiel P Gorsira
August 31st 1908 William Saroyan
August 31st 1908 Peter Conrad Baden
August 31st 1905 Dore Schary
August 31st 1903 Arthur Godfrey
August 31st 1899 Walter Muller von Kulm
August 31st 1897 Fredric March
August 31st 1897 Frederic March
August 31st 1895 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger
August 31st 1887 Friedrich A Paneth
August 31st 1879 Joshihito
August 31st 1870 Maria Montessori
August 31st 1834 Amilcare Ponchielli
August 31st 1811 Theophile Gautier
August 31st 1748 Jean-Etienne Despreaux

Deaths on August 31st

August 31st 2002 Lionel Hampton
August 31st 1997 Diana
August 31st 1997 Princess Diana
August 31st 1996 Ljuba Welitsch
August 31st 1995 Horst Janssen
August 31st 1994 Artur Balsam
August 31st 1991 Leigh Watson
August 31st 1990 Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton
August 31st 1986 Urho K Kekkonen
August 31st 1986 Henry Moore
August 31st 1981 Joseph H Hirschhorn
August 31st 1979 Sally Rand
August 31st 1976 Kornelis H Miskotte
August 31st 1975 Pierre Blaise
August 31st 1973 Raymond Keane
August 31st 1973 John Ford
August 31st 1969 Ottmar Gerster
August 31st 1969 Rocky Marciano
August 31st 1968 Dennis O'Keefe
August 31st 1968 George P Gooch
August 31st 1967 Ilja G Ehrenburg
August 31st 1967 Michael Fitzmaurice
August 31st 1966 Kasimir Edschmid
August 31st 1964 Carole Coleman
August 31st 1963 George F Broque
August 31st 1959 Charles Delaney
August 31st 1949 Paul Hoffer
August 31st 1948 Andrei A Zjdanov
August 31st 1946 Paul August von Klenau
August 31st 1944 Killinger
August 31st 1942 Von Bismarck
August 31st 1940 Johanna "Annie" Bakker
August 31st 1935 Abraham Isaac Kook
August 31st 1934 Johan H A Schaper
August 31st 1931 Marcel Planiol
August 31st 1920 Wilhelm Wundt
August 31st 1918 Joe English
August 31st 1910 Emils Darzins
August 31st 1902 Mathilde Wesendonk
August 31st 1888 Mary Ann Nicholls
August 31st 1879 William Barber
August 31st 1875 Oskar Peschel
August 31st 1873 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes
August 31st 1867 Charles Baudelaire
August 31st 1867 [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire
August 31st 1864 Ferdinand Lassalle
August 31st 1862 Ignaz Assmayer
August 31st 1862 George William Taylor
August 31st 1837 Henri Klimrath
August 31st 1832 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer
August 31st 1805 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco
August 31st 1688 John Bunyan
August 31st 1667 Johann Rist
August 31st 1638 John Ward
August 31st 1631 Nicolaus Erich
August 31st 1616 Gemignano Capilupi
August 31st 1604 Giovanale Ancina
August 31st 1590 Floris Thin
August 31st 1240 Raymundus Nonnatus
August 31st 1218 Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din)
August 31st 1158 Sancho III
August 31st 1057 Leofric
August 31st 1056 Theodora

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