Today in History
31 August
255 births · 113 deaths · 52 events recorded
Notable Births
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Jang Won-young
b. 2004
South Korean singer (born 2004)
Amanda Anisimova
b. 2001
American tennis player (born 2001)
Sauce Gardner
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
BossMan Dlow
b. 1998
American rapper (born 1998)
Jalen Brunson
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Alex Harris (Scottish footballer)
b. 1994
Scottish footballer (born 1994)
Ilnur Alshin
b. 1993
Russian professional football player
Zsolt Borkai
b. 1965
Hungarian gymnast (born 1965)
Notable Deaths
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Sol Bamba
d. 2024
Football player and manager (1985–2024)
Mahal (actress)
d. 2021
Filipino actress, comedian, and vlogger (1974–2021)
Francesco Morini
d. 2021
Italian footballer (1944–2021)
Michael Constantine
d. 2021
American actor (1927–2021)
Geronimo (alpaca)
d. 2021
Alpaca in the United Kingdom
Pranab Mukherjee
d. 2020
President of India from 2012 to 2017
Tom Seaver
d. 2020
American baseball player (1944–2020)
Anthoine Hubert
d. 2019
French racing driver (1996–2019)
On This Day in History
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2025
A landslide in the Darfur region of Sudan kills over 1000 people. 26
2025 Tarasin landslide
2025
An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills over 1400 people. 25
2025 Kunar earthquake
2024
A helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 occupants.
2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash
2016
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
Dilma Rousseff
2006
Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
Edvard Munch
2005
The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
2005 Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster
2002
Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, made landfall, killing at least 236 people.
Typhoon Rusa
1999
The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
1999 Russian apartment bombings