Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 31
Births
[edit]- AD 12 - Gaius Caligula, (pictured) Roman Emperor (d. AD 41)
- 161 - Commodus, Roman Emperor (d. 192)
- 1569 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627)
- 1821 - Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (d. 1894)
- 1913 - Sir Bernard Lovell, British radio astronomer (d. 2012)
- 1928 - James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1938 - Martin Bell, British journalist
- 1949 - Richard Gere, American actor
- 1960 - Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hizballah
- 1968 - Hideo Nomo, baseball pitcher
- 1970 - Queen Rania of Jordan
- 1972 - Chris Tucker, American actor
Deaths
[edit]- 651 - Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
- 1422 - King Henry V of England (b. 1387)
- 1867 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet (b. 1821)
- 1869 - Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
- 1888 - Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, widely believed to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1845)
- 1969 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)
- 2006 - Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)