August 31st (1979) was a Friday. It's the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on August 31 in 1979
» Clay Hensley, American baseball player
» Mickie James, American wrestler and singer
» Mark Johnston (swimmer) known as Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
» Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Biffy Clyro and Marmaduke Duke)
» Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian singer-songwriter
» Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
August 31st Famous Deaths for 1979
» Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (b. 1904)
» Tiger Smith, England cricketer (b. 1886)
August 31st Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Aidan of Lindisfarne
» Raymond Nonnatus
» August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Poland called Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
» Public holidays in Moldova e.g National Language Day or 'Limba Noastră' (Moldova)
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991
» Hari Merdeka known as Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Federation of Malaya known as Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.