Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 31
August 31, 2024 is the 244th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 31
- 1056 –After a sudden illness a few days previous, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies without children to succeed the throne, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
- 1803 –Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 in the morning.
- 1864 –During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1886 –An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1907 –Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
- 1920 –Polish-Bolshevik War: a decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
- 1936 –Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
- 1958 –A parcel bomb sent by Ngo Dinh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
- 1999 –A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
- 2006 –Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
Who were born on August 31?
- 1903 –Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher (d. 1985)
- 1916 –Daniel Schorr, American journalist (d. 2010)
- 1918 –Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist (d. 1986)
- 1938 –Murray Gleeson, Chief Justice of Australia
- 1947 –Mona Marshall, American voice actress
- 1948 –Holger Osieck, German footballer and coach
- 1955 –Anthony Thistlethwaite, musician, member of The Waterboys and The Saw Doctors
- 1960 –Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
- 1967 –Anita Moen, Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1974 –Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian tennis player
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