Events on August 31, 2011
"Alice" TV Premiere (35th Anniversary)Baghdad Stampede
Charleston Earthquake (125th Anniversary)
Coburn, James (Birth Date)
Columbia County Fair
"Crankshaft"
Diana, Princess of Wales (Death Date)
Gospel Fest
Kazakhstan: Constitution Day
Klondike Eldorado Gold Discovery
Kyrgyzstan: Independence Day (20th Anniversary Of Independence)
Love Litigating Lawyers Day
Malaysia: Freedom Day
Moldova: National Language Day
Montessori, Maria (Birth Date)
Northwest Missouri State Fair
Nugget Best in the West Rib Cook-Off
Poland: Solidarity Founded
Saroyan, William (Birth Date)
Shawn, William (Birth Date)
Spain: La Tomatina
Trinidad and Tobago: Independence Day
Whitechapel Murders Begin
Birthdays on August 31, 2011
Jennifer Azzi, 43, basketball player, born Oak Ridge, TN, Aug 31, 1968.Larry Fitzgerald, 28, football player, born Minneapolis, MN, Aug 31, 1983.
Debbie Gibson, 41, singer, born Brooklyn, NY, Aug 31, 1970.
Van Morrison, 66, singer, songwriter (“Brown Eyed Girl,” “Domino”), born Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug 31, 1945.
Edwin Corley Moses, 56, Olympic track athlete, born Dayton, OH, Aug 31, 1955.
Hideo Nomo, 43, former baseball player, born Osaka, Japan, Aug 31, 1968.
Itzhak Perlman, 66, violinist, born Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug 31, 1945.
Pepe Reina, 29, soccer player, born Madrid, Spain, Aug 31, 1982.
Frank Robinson, 76, Hall of Fame baseball player, former baseball executive and manager, born Beaumont, TX, Aug 31, 1935.
G.D. Spradlin, 91, actor (The Godfather Part II, North Dallas Forty, The War of the Roses), born Garvin County, OK, Aug 31, 1920.
Jack Thompson, 71, actor (The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Breaker Morant), born Sydney, Australia, Aug 31, 1940.
Glenn Tilbrook, 54, singer, musician (Squeeze), born London, England, Aug 31, 1957.
Chris Tucker, 39, actor (Rush Hour, The Fifth Element), born Decatur, GA, Aug 31, 1972.
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