August 31

Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) "Buddy Hackett"(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–70 Isaac Perlman–70 Sir George Ivan Morrison–70 Richard Gere–66 Julie Brown–61 Jonathan LaPaglia–46 Deborah Gibson–45 Christopher Tucker–43 ; 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan ; 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris France