Page 7: Historical Events In August - 31

1971  Dave Scott becomes first person to drive a car on the Moon on August - 31.   

1972  Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics on August - 31.   

1973  The first heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman) on August - 31.   

1973  John Ford, US director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1974  On August - 31 william Pershing Benedict, American pilot   

1975  On this day in history pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24   

1976  Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1977  On August - 31 aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524')   

1977  On August - 31 ian Smith wins the Rhodesian general election with 80 per cent of the overwhelmingly white electorate's vote.   

1978  Symbionese Liberation Army founders William & Emily Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst on August - 31.   

1979  On August - 31 comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with the Sun   

1979  On August - 31 donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as UN ambassador   

1979  On this day in history movie actress Sally Rand dies of heart failure at age 76 in Glendora, CAug 31,   

1979  E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies on August - 31.   

1980  On August - 31 poland's Solidarity labor union founded   

1981  On August - 31 joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82   

1984  Pinklin Thomas defeats Tim Witherspoon for the WBC heavyweight title on August - 31.   

1985  On this day in history night Stalker suspect that terrorized S Calif captured in East LA   

1986  On August - 31 a private plane collides with an Aeromexico jet over Cerritos, CA, killing 82 people.Aug 31,   

1986  On this day in history aeromexico jet & small plane collide kill 82   

1986  Soviet passenger ship Adm Nakhimov, collides with a merchant vessel on August - 31.   

1986  On August - 31 henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88   

1987  On August - 31 curtis Strange sets golf's earning for the year record ($697,385)   

1988  On this day in history 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins   

1988  On this day in history a Delta Boeing 727 crashes during takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, killing 14 passengers.   

1990  On August - 31 johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies   

1991  Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1993  On August - 31 russians pull last 500 military personnel left from cold war, out of Lithuania   

1993  On August - 31 gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80   

1994  On this day in history artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88   

1995  On this day in history beant Singh, PM of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73   

1996  David Scott, priest, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1997  On August - 31 diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, dies in car crash in Paris at 36   

1999  On this day in history a Boeing 737 jet crashes during takeoff from Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 72 people.   

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1569  Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India was born on this day in history.   

1602  On this day in history birth of amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik   

1663  Guillaume Amontons, French physicist was born on this day in history.   

1696  On August - 31 birth of johann Paul Kunzen, composer   

1721  On August - 31 birth of george Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)   

1741  On August - 31 birth of johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer   

1741  On this day in history birth of husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general (d. 1834)   

1748  On August - 31 birth of jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer   

0651  On this day in history death of saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary   

0683  Death of Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque on this day in history.   

1056  Death of Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981) on August - 31.   

1057  On August - 31 leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies   

1158  Sancho III, King of Castile, dies on August - 31.   

1218  Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies on August - 31.   

1234  On August - 31 death of emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)   

1372  On this day in history death of ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)