Daily Calendar for Monday, August 31, 2026
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Monday, August 31, 2026
Died
- Henry V of England –
- Rocky Marciano (boxer) –
- John Ford (film director) –
- Princess Diana (killed in a car accident in Paris) –
- Lionel Hampton (jazz musician) –
- Tom Seaver (baseball player ) –
Born
- Baron Lisgar (2nd Canadian Governor General 1869 - 1872.) –
- Maria Montessori (doctor and founder of the Montessori method of education) –
- Buddy Hackett (actor & comedian) –
- Van Morrison (singer) –
- Itzhak Perlman (violinist) –
- Richard Gere (actor) –
- Debbie Gibson (singer) –
- Chris Tucker (actor) –
- Sara Ramirez (singer and actress) –
Events
- Honolulu was declared the capital of the Hawaiian Islands –
- A deadly 7.3 (estimated) moment magnitude earthquake occurred in Charleston, South Carolina –
- The U.S. Army Air Corps conducted the first crop dusting demonstration, near Troy, Ohio. –
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Neutrality Act of 1935, prohibiting the export from the U.S. of arms, ammunitions or implements of war to any belligerent state –
- Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh married –
- National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame chartered, in Bonner Springs, Kansas –
- Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collided with the Sun –
Weather
- Hurricane Emily lashed the Outer Banks of North Carolina –