August 31st (2008) 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.
August 31st Famous Deaths for 2008
» Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
» Ike Pappas, American journalist (b. 1933)
» Victor Yates (rugby) e.g Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1939)
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.