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August 31: Independence Day in Malaysia (1957); Romanian Language Day in Moldova and Romania
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- 1814 β War of 1812: American militia forces repelled a British Army force at the Battle of Caulk's Field, killing 41 people including British Captain Peter Parker.
- 1876 β Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.
- 1939 β Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.
- 1959 β A parcel bomb sent by NgΓ΄ ΔΓ¬nh Nhu (pictured), younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president NgΓ΄ ΔΓ¬nh Diα»m, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.
- 2010 β The last episode of The Bill, the longest-running police drama in British television history, was broadcast.
- Agnes Bulmer (b. 1775)
- Itzhak Perlman (b. 1945)
- Sara Ramirez (b. 1975)
- Tantely Andrianarivo (d. 2023)
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