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This is a list of selected August 31 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
and Kyrgyzstan (1991) recentism, needs expansion
1056 – After a sudden illness a few days prior, Byzantine Empress Theodora died without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty. appears on January 11
1422 – As the only heir to the throne, Henry VI became King of England at the age of eight months following the death of his father Henry V. refimprove
1876Abdul Hamid II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire when his brother Murad V was deposed. unreferenced section
1907The Great Game: Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian Entente, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet. no footnotes, inappropriate tone
1920Polish–Soviet War: Polish forces, led by their cavalry, defeated the Bolshevik Red Army in the Battle of Komarów. tagged with {{refimprove}}
1986 – After a collision with a freighter, the Soviet ocean liner Admiral Nakhimov sank in the Tsemes Bay area of the Black Sea within seven minutes, killing more than 400 people on board. refimprove
1992 – The one-party Marxist rule in the Republic of the Congo officially ended when Pascal Lissouba was inaugurated as its president after a multi-party election. date not in article
1997Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul were killed in a high speed car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. refimprove section
1999 – The first of a series of bombings in Moscow killed one person and wounded 40 others. multiple issues
2005 – Up to 1,000 people died following a stampede on the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad, the biggest loss of life in Iraq in one day since the 2003 invasion. unreferenced section
2010 – The last episode of The Bill, the longest-running police drama in British television history, was broadcast. already featured on October 16

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Notes

August 31: Independence Day in Malaysia (1957) and Trinidad and Tobago (1962)

An 1888 Punch cartoon depicting Jack the Ripper as a phantom stalking Whitechapel

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