Famous people sharing my birthday:
Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor
Commodus, Roman Emperor
Chris Tucker
Deborah Gibson
Richard Gere
Van Morrison
Itzhak Perlman
James Coburn
Buddy Hackett
Hassan Nasrallah
Fredric March
Notable events that took place on August 31:
1535 - Pope Paul II deposed and excommunicated King Henry VIII
1842 - US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
1888 - In Victorian London, Jack the Ripper claimed his first victim.
1895 - 1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid $10 and won 12-0)
1897 - Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
1907 - England, Russia and France form Triple Entente
1951 - 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf
1963 - "Hot line" between Moscow-Washington, DC installed
1980 - Poland's Solidarity labor union forms
1987 - Michael Jacskon's "Bad" video premieres on CBS TV
1990 - East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems
1997 - Death of Princess Diana
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