August 31st (1986) was a Sunday. 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.
Historical Events for 31st August, 1986
» Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper Cherokee named Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California named Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
» The Soviet Union Soviet passenger liner Ship Admiral Nakhimov ship 6 sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier 'Pyotr Vasev', killing 423.
Famous Birthdays on August 31 in 1986
» Ryan Kelley, American actor
» Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player
August 31st Famous Deaths for 1986
» Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (b. 1893)
» Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900)
» Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)
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.