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August 31: Independence Day in Malaysia (1957); Romanian Language Day in Moldova and Romania

Cartoon of Jack the Ripper as a phantom stalking Whitechapel

1218 – Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.
1888 – The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (pictured), was found in Buck's Row, London.
1942 – The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.
1969 – On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.
2019 – A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

Aidan of Lindisfarne (d. 651)
Alma Mahler (b. 1879)
Feng Tianwei (b. 1986)
William McAloney (d. 1995)

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Edit request from 66.31.8.225, 31 August 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} Gabe Kapler's birthday is not August 31st it is July 31st

66.31.8.225 (talk) 11:54, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks BritishWatcher (talk) 12:54, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Verification needed

I'm finding more items in these dates articles that are not consistent with other Wikipedia entries. For example, where does this "fact" come from: 1803 – Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 in the morning. I could not find this reference in the Corps of Discovery or Lewis and Clark articles. And it sounds a little too cute. The expedition formally started at the Mississippi, according to numerous sources. Pittsburgh, and 11 a.m., seem like a joke.108.33.72.18 (talk) 18:12, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Poor taste advertising

I thought that in the home page the rule was not to reference birthdays of living people. So why the advertising on behalf of an actress? It seems that protecting the page and allowing only the administrators to edit it is not enough to keep out biased interests. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.163.89.132 (talk) 13:03, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Poor taste tabloid information

There is enough spam in all the media and tabloids around about Diana. Bringing to Wikipedia tabloid content is a bad idea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.163.89.132 (talk) 13:09, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Too many quasi-celeb international athletes?

The inclusion of many international athletes, regardless of notable accomplishments, has made the birth lists too long, and too cluttered to be a valuable resource, IMHO. Perhaps there should be a "notability" requirement as in the Events, rather than merely having a Wikipedia article. (Dfoofnik not logged in)2600:8807:480A:1900:84E4:A6A2:CCA9:274 (talk) 05:49, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]