On This Day: What happened on 31 August?
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 31 August, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 31 AUGUST
2012 | Anti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies at the age of 80.
1979 | Former South African Prime Minister Botha visited Soweto on this day.
1997 | Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, died in a car accident in Paris
2006 | Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, was found in a Norwegian police raid.
1999 | The first of a series of bombings in Moscow killed one person and 40 others were injured.
1999 | A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashed during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, 65 people were killed including two on the ground.
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BIRTHDAYS
1937 | American actor, Warren Berlinger.
1940 | American actor, director, and producer, Larry Hankin.
1955 | English saxophonist and bass player, Anthony Thistlethwaite.
1958 | Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman, Serge Blanco.
1983 | American football player, Larry Fitzgerald.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2013 | English journalist and game show host, David Frost, 74.
1984 | American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist, Audrey Wagner, 57.
1986 | Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland, Urho Kekkonen, 86.
2013 | English footballer and manager, Jimmy Greenhalgh, 90.
2002 | American pianist, composer, and bandleader, Lionel Hampton, 94.
SPORTS
2006 | Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez joined West Ham United on this day despite being on the wanted list of Real Madrid and Manchester United.
ENTERTAINMENT
2012 | In the United States, “Secret of the wings” was released on this day for the first time.
AFRICA FACT
For the first 30 years of independence, Malawi was ruled by a one-party rule under President Hastings Banda.
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