31ST
AUGUST
NATIONAL DAY OF MALAYSIA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST PAULINUS OF TRIER; ST AIDAN OF
LINDISFARNE; ST RAYMOND NONNATUS, & THE SERVITE MARTYRS OF PRAGUE." |
| 31ST |
1422 |
"HENRY VI" AGED NINE MONTHS, ACCEDED AS KING OF
ENGLAND. |
| 31ST |
1888 |
THE BODY OF, 42 YEAR OLD PROSTITUTE,
"MARY ANN ‘POLLY’ NICHOLS," FIRST VICTIM OF MURDERER "JACK THE
RIPPER," IS FOUND IN BUCK’S ROW, LONDON. |
| 31ST |
1900 |
COCA COLA FIRST WENT ON SALE IN BRITAIN. |
| 31ST |
1950 |
A CONTINGENT OF 80 MEN FROM FIRST
BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT, LEAVES FOR THE KOREAN WAR. |
| 31ST |
1957 |
MALAYA, LATER MALAYSIA BECAME INDEPENDENT. |
| 31ST |
1959 |
AUSTRALIA DEFEAT THE USA FOR TENNIS
"DAVIS CUP." |
| 31ST |
1959 |
TELEVISION STATION, ‘CHANNEL NINE,’ ADELAIDE FIRST
OPENED WHEN "KEVIN CREASE" ANNOUNCED "CLARKSONS TV HOSTESS QUEST." |
| 31ST |
1965 |
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND SIGN
LIMITED FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. |
| 31ST |
1968 |
6,000 DIE WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 7.8 DESTROYS 60,000
BUILDINGS IN IRAN. |
| 31ST |
1968 |
WEST INDIAN CRICKET BATSMAN
‘GARFIELD SOBERS’ HIT SIX SIXES OFF ONE OVER. |
| 31ST |
1969 |
BOXING CHAMPION, "ROCKY MARCIANO," IS KILLED THE
DAY BEFORE HIS 46 BIRTHDAY IN A PLANE CRASH. |
| 31ST |
1971 |
"DAVE SCOTT" IS THE FIRST
PERSON TO DRIVE A CAR ON THE MOON. |
| 31ST |
1972 |
U.S. SWIMMER "MARK SPITZ" WINS FIVE OF THE SEVEN
GOLD MEDALS HE ACHIEVED IN TOTAL AT THE MUNICH OLYMPICS. |
| 31ST |
1973 |
NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER ‘NORMAN
KIRK’ DIES OF A HEART ATTACK AGED 51. |
| 31ST |
1978 |
SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY FOUNDERS "WILLIAM & EMILY
HARRIS" PLEAD GUILTY TO THE 1974 KIDNAPPING OF NEWSPAPER HEIRESS, "PATRICIA
HEARST." |
| 31ST |
1979 |
6 DIE WHEN A CESSNA 206 CRASHES AT
SHEPPARTON, VICTORIA. |
| 31ST |
1983 |
THE USSR SHOT DOWN A SOUTH KOREAN AIRLINER, KILLING 269
PEOPLE ABOARD. |
| 31ST |
1984 |
A TROPICAL STORM KILLED MORE THAN 1000
PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. |
| 31ST |
1989 |
A BRIEF STATEMENT FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE, STATES THAT
"PRINCESS ANNE" & "CAPTAIN MARK PHILLIPS" ARE SEPARATING. |
| 31ST |
1997 |
"PRINCESS DIANA 36," HER
FRIEND, "DODI AL FAYAD," AND THEIR DRIVER "HENRI PAUL" ARE KILLED IN A
CAR CRASH WHILE BEING PURSUED BY THE PAPARAZZI IN PARIS. BODYGUARD, "TREVOR
REES-JONES" IS INJURED. |
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