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August 31st - Today's Highlights in History

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« on: August 31, 2009, 05:29:17 pm »

Monday, August 31st
The 243rd day of 2009.
There are 122 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights in History

   
   On Aug. 31, 1997, Britain's Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris at age 36. (Go to article.)

On Aug. 31, 1907, William Shawn, editor of The New Yorker magazine for 35 years, was born. Following his death on Dec. 8, 1992, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
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   On August 31, 1861, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about a newspaper scandal during the Civil War. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1886    An earthquake rocked Charleston, S.C., killing up to 110 people.

1888    A prostitute, Mary Ann Nichols, was found murdered in London's East End. She is generally regarded as the first victim of Jack the Ripper.

1935    President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of U.S. arms to belligerents.

1954    Hurricane Carol hit the northeastern United States, resulting in nearly 70 deaths and millions of dollars in damage.

1962    The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago became independent within the British Commonwealth.

1969    Boxer Rocky Marciano died in a plane crash in Iowa at age 45.

1980    Poland's Solidarity labor movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day strike.

1985    California's "Night Stalker" killer Richard Ramirez was captured by residents of an East Los Angeles neighborhood.

1992    White separatist Randy Weaver surrendered to authorities in Naples, Idaho, ending an 11-day siege by federal agents that claimed the lives of Weaver's wife and son and a deputy U.S. marshal.

1994    Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltics after half a century.

2002    Jazz musician and bandleader Lionel Hampton died at age 94.

2004    A woman strapped with explosives blew herself up outside a busy Moscow subway station, killing 10 people.

2005    Some 1,000 people were killed when a religious procession across a Baghdad bridge was engulfed in panic over rumors of a suicide bomber.

2006    Iran defied a U.N. deadline to stop enriching uranium.
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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2009, 05:30:12 pm »



Richard Gere turns 60 years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Actor Richard Gere turns 60 years old today.


93    Daniel Schorr
Broadcast journalist

74    Frank Robinson
Baseball Hall of Famer

72    Warren Berlinger
Actor

70    Jerry Allison
Rock musician (Buddy Holly and the Crickets)

69    Jack Thompson
Actor

64    Van Morrison
Rock singer, musician

64    Itzhak Perlman
Violinist

63    Tom Coughlin
Football coach

61    Rudolf Schenker
Rock musician (The Scorpions)

52    Gina Schock
Rock musician (The Go-Gos)

52    Glenn Tilbrook
Rock singer (Squeeze)

50    Tony DeFranco
Singer

46    Larry Waddell
R&B musician (Mint Condition)

44    Jaime P. Gomez
Actor

40    Jeff Russo
Rock musician (Tonic)

39    Deborah Gibson
Singer, actress

39    Queen Rania
Wife of Jordan's King Abdullah II

39    Greg Richling
Rock musician (Wallflowers)

39    Zack Ward
Actor

37    Chris Tucker
Actor

34    Sara Ramirez
Actress ("Grey's Anatomy")

32    Tamara
R&B singer (Trina & Tamara)

26    Larry Fitzgerald
Football player

Historic Birthdays


William Shawn

8/31/1907 - 12/8/1992
American editor of The New Yorker (1952-87)
(Go to obit.)

97    John Neville Keynes
8/31/1852 - 11/15/1949
English philosopher and economist

69    Georg Jensen
8/31/1866 - 10/2/1935
Danish silversmith and designer

81    Maria Montessori
8/31/1870 - 5/6/1952
Italian educator; founder of Montessori education

82    Wilhelmina
8/31/1880 - 11/28/1962
Dutch queen (1890-1948)

71    George Sarton
8/31/1884 - 3/22/1956
Belgian-born American scholar

54    DuBose Heyward
8/31/1885 - 6/16/1940
American dramatist, novelist and poet

77    Fredric March
8/31/1897 - 4/14/1975
American screen and stage actor

79    Arthur Godfrey
8/31/1903 - 3/16/1983
American radio and television entertainer

74    Dore Schary
8/31/1905 - 7/7/1980
American screenwriter, playwright, producer and director

49    Ramon Magsaysay
8/31/1907 - 3/17/1957
Philippine president (1953-7)

72    William Saroyan
8/31/1908 - 5/18/1981
American novelist and playwright

67    Alan Jay Lerner
8/31/1918 - 6/14/1986
American librettist and lyricist for stage and screen


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