August 31st (2005) was a Wednesday. 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, 2005
» A Baghdad bridge stampede named stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
August 31st Famous Deaths for 2005
» Jaan Kiivit, Jr., Estonian archbishop (b. 1940)
» Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
» Michael Sheard, Scottish-English actor (b. 1940)
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.