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31 AUGUST IS THE 243TH DAY OF THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR (244 YEARS) BY THE END OF THE YEAR, ANOTHER 122 DAYS REMAIN.

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY
257 - THE SECOND SYXUS IS APPOINTED TO THE POPE.
1056 - EMPRESS IN CINCINNATI THEODORE IS DEAD AND PUT AN END TO THE MACEDONIAN DYNASTY
1422 - HENRY VI KING OF ENGLAND WAS CROWNED KING (AGED 9 MONTHS)
1864 - AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: WILLIAM SHERMAN'S FORCES ATTACK ATLANTA
1876 - SULTAN MORT 5, THE RULER OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND HIS PLACE FROM HIS BROTHER, ABDUL HAMID II
1886 - ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN AN EARTHQUAKE IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THE UNITED STATES
1888 - THE EXPORTER MARY ANN NICHOLS WAS MURDERED - SHE WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST VICTIM OF JACK HARTSCH.
1897 - THOMAS ALWA EDISON PATENTED THE EXISTENTIAL, THE FIRST FILM FUND
1900 BRITISH TROOPS CROSS THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
1907 - BRITAIN AND RUSSIA SIGN AN ALLIANCE WITH AFGHANISTAN, PERSIA AND TIBET
1917 - IN CHINA, SUN YAT SAN AND HIS SUPPORTERS CANCEL THE PARLIAMENT AND ESTABLISH A MILITARY GOVERNMENT THAT CHOOSES IT AS THE SUPREME COMMANDER.
1919 - JOHN REED, FOUNDER OF THE COMMUNIST WORKERS' PARTY IN CHICAGO
1920 - BELGIUM BEGINS TO PAY OLD RHYTHMS
1920 - THE WORLD'S FIRST RADIO PROGRAM IS BROADCAST IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
1923 - THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS GRANTS BELGIUM A MANDATE ON RWANDA ORDIN (INSTEAD OF THE GERMAN MANDATE)
1923 - ITALIAN TROOPS OCCUPYING THE ISLAND OF CORFU
1935 - U.S. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT SIGNED A LAW THAT PROHIBITS GUN EXPORTS TO COUNTRIES IN THE WAR.
1939 - THE JAPANESE ARMY OF INVASION WAS PURSUED OUTSIDE MONGOLIA.
1940 - MOUNT ZION (UN) WAS SWALLOWED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WITH 36 CREW MEMBERS OF 17 OF THEM.
1943 - JAPANESE OCCUPIERS INCLUDE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF SURABAYA
1944 - THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE MOVES FROM ALGERIA TO PARIS
1944 - SOVIET AND ROMAN MILITARY FORCES MARCH INTO BUCHAREST
1947 - THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LAND OF ISRAEL PUBLISHES THE PARTITION PLAN.
1947 - THE HUNGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY WINS THE ELECTION.
1957 - MALAYSIA GAINS INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM
1962 - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
1977 - SPIRS CYPRIONO IS APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS
1978 – SRI LANKA ADOPTS A CONSTITUTION
1980 - THE WORKERS' ORGANIZATION OF SOLIDARITY WAS FOUNDED IN POLAND
1986 - THE PASSENGER SHIP "AMIR NIMOV" IS SINKING IN THE BLACK SEA.
1990 - EAST GERMANY AND WEST GERMANY SIGN A CONTRACT FOR THEIR LEGAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS
1991 - KYRGYZSTAN DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SOVIET UNION
1994 - THE IRA ANNOUNCES A CEASE-FIRE
1994 - RUSSIAN SOLDIERS LEAVE ESTONIA AND LATVIA
1997 - IN A ROAD ACCIDENT IN PARIS, PRINCESS DIANA AND HER BOYFRIEND DAVID FAADE
1997 - A MILITARY COURT IN CAIRO SENTENCED AZZAM TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON WITH ESPIONAGE WORK FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL
2004 SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACK CONSISTS OF TWO BUSES IN BEER SHEVA – 16 DEAD
2005 - HUNDREDS OF SHI'ITES WERE KILLED WHEN THEY WERE FLEEING A MOSQUE IN BAGHDAD DUE TO FEAR OF A SUICIDE TERRORIST.

BORN BORN

12 - GAIUS CALIGOTHA, EMPEROR OF ROME (PRIED IN 1941)
161 - GAIUS COMODOS, EMPEROR OF ROME (PRIED IN 1903)
1786 - MICHEL SCHWARL, A FRENCH CHEMIST (DIED IN 1889)
1821 - HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ, A GERMAN PHYSICIST
1834 - EMILECAARA PONKELLI, ITALIAN COMPOSER (DIED IN 1886)
1842 - JOSEPHINE ST. PIERRE RAFFIN, A JOURNALIST, PUBLISHES AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUFFRAGE (IN 1924)
1870 - MARIA MONTESSSORI, EDUCATOR (FOUNDED IN 1952)
1879 - ALMA MAHLER, AN AUSTRIAN SAILOR (FOUNDED IN 1969)
1879 - YUSHIIT