August 31

Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) "Buddy Hackett"(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–71 Isaac Perlman–71 Sir George Ivan Morrison–71 Richard Gere–67 Julie Brown–62 Jonathan LaPaglia–47 Deborah Gibson–46 Christopher Tucker–44 ; 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