| Date | Text | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 31 Aug 1925 | Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (d. 2004) | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 31 Aug 1950 | Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs and a single in a game vs. Braves | |||
| 31 Aug 1950 | Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 31 Aug 1975 | Raleigh Roundtree: Tackle (San Diego Chargers) | |||
| 31 Aug 1975 | Pierre Blaise: French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24 | |||
| 31 Aug 1975 | Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster | |||
| 31 Aug 1975 | John Grahame, American ice hockey player and coach | |||
| 31 Aug 1975 | Daniel Harding, English conductor | |||
| 31 Aug 1975 | Sara Ramirez, Mexican-American actress and singer | |||
| 31 Aug 1975 | Takahiro Suwa, Japanese wrestler | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 31 Aug 2000 | Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912) | |||
| 31 Aug 2000 | Dolores Moore, American baseball player (b. 1932) | |||
| 31 Aug 2000 | Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (b. 1925) | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 31 Aug 2005 | Jaan Kiivit, Jr., Estonian archbishop (b. 1940) | |||
| 31 Aug 2005 | Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) | |||
| 31 Aug 2005 | Michael Sheard, Scottish-English actor (b. 1940) | |||
| 31 Aug 2005 | A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people. | |||
31 Aug 2005
chimpanzee |
chimpanzee (biology) A first draft of the chimpanzee genome is published. |
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31 Aug 2005
Sir Joseph Rotblat |
death Sir Joseph Rotblat Sir Joseph Rotblat (b. 1908), physicist. |
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| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 31 Aug 2010 | Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (b. 1960) | |||
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