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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 31 August.

1. US Naval Observatory is authorized by an act of Congress
2. California Pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets
3. 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US at Charleston S.C
4. Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized
5. Gil Hodges hits 4 homers in 1 game
6. 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated Chicago Il
7. 1st microwave television station operated - Lufkin Texas
8. Malaysia gains independence from Britain (National Day)
9. Trinidad & Tobago gains independence from Britain (National Day)
10. Malaysia Day
11. Aleksandr Fedotov sets world aircraft altitude record of 38.26 km (125 524 ft) in a Mikoyan E-266M turbojet
12. Poland's Solidarity labor union founded

These famous people were born on 31 August.

1. 1870 - Maria Montessori, educator
2. 1903 - Arthur Godfrey, radio, TV host
3. 1903 - Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank
4. 1908 - William Saroyan, novelist, playwright (Time of Your Life)
5. 1918 - Alan Jay Lerner, composer
6. 1924 - Buddy Hackett, comedian
7. 1928 - James Coburn, Actor
8. 1935 - Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican
9. 1937 - Warren Berlinger, Actor
10. 1945 - Itzhak Perlman, violinist
11. 1945 - Leonid I. Popov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 35, 40, T-7)
12. 1958 - Edward Moses, track star