| August 31
Pridie Kalendas September (Day before September 1). Market Day on the Roman calendar.
Observances:
Pashtunistan Day (Afganistan)
Malaysia Day/Independence Day
Trinidad & Tobago Independence Day
Feast of St. Raymund Nonnatus, cardinal, ransomer of captives
Feast of St. Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne
Feast of St. Paulinus, bishop of Trier
Important Events:
1583: Henry VIII excommunicated
1990: The Replacements release their final album, All Shook Down. (OK, it's important only to me.)
Birthdays:
Roman emperor and porn star Caligula
Equally bizzare Roman emperor Commodus
Annoying news anchor Dan Rather
Black Panther Eldrige Cleaver
Actor Richard Gere
Deaths:
1057: Count Leofric, husband of Lady Godiva
1422: Henry V, "Good King Harry" of England
1997: ex-queen-to-be Lady Diana Spencer
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