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Events

• 1314 (712 years ago) King Haakon V moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
• 1949 (77 years ago) The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece into Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
• 1957 (69 years ago) The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1993 (33 years ago) Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.
• 1994 (32 years ago) Argentina abolishes conscription after months of social backlash over the murder of a conscript.
• 1994 (32 years ago) Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.
• 2025 (a year ago) An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills over 1400 people.
• 2025 (a year ago) A landslide in the Darfur region of Sudan kills over 1000 people.

Births

• 12 (2014 years ago) Caligula, Roman emperor (died 41)
• 161 (1865 years ago) Commodus, Roman emperor (died 192)
• 1811 (215 years ago) Théophile Gautier, French poet and critic (died 1872)
• 1870 (156 years ago) Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (died 1952)
• 1949 (77 years ago) Richard Gere, American actor and producer
• 1956 (70 years ago) Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China
• 1960 (66 years ago) Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah (died 2024)
• 1985 (41 years ago) Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Deaths

• 1422 (604 years ago) Henry V of England,
• 1867 (159 years ago) Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (born 1821)
• 1920 (106 years ago) Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1832)
• 1941 (85 years ago) Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (born 1892)
• 1963 (63 years ago) Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (born 1882)
• 1973 (53 years ago) John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
• 1997 (29 years ago) Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1961)
• 2020 (6 years ago) Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India (born 1935)

All 426 events, births and deaths of August 31