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August 31st
149 Notable deaths
Jonathan Williams
British racing driver.
Born October 26th, 1942 in Cairo.
Died August 31st, 2014 at 71 years old in Spain. [ref]
Georg von Bismarck
German general and knight's cross recipient (1891-1942).
Born February 15th, 1891 in Namyślin.
Died August 31st, 1942 at 51 years old in El Alamein.
Pope Macarius III of Alexandria
Pope of the coptic orthodox church.
Born February 18th, 1872 in El-Mahalla El-Kubra.
Died August 31st, 1945 at 73 years old in Cairo.
Lin Jaldati
Dutch-german singer and actor (1912-1988).
Born December 13th, 1912 in Amsterdam.
Died August 31st, 1988 at 75 years old in East Berlin.
H. C. Potter
American director (1904-1977).
Born November 13th, 1904 in New York City.
Died August 31st, 1977 at 72 years old in Southampton.
Alfred Hettner
German geomorphologist.
Born August 6th, 1859 in Dresden.
Died August 31st, 1941 at 82 years old in Heidelberg.
Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Sultan
Prime minister of iran (1858-1907).
Born January 6th, 1858 in Tehran.
Died August 31st, 1907 at 49 years old in Tehran.
Francesco Morini
Italian footballer (1944-2021).
Born August 12th, 1944 in San Giuliano Terme.
Died August 31st, 2021 at 77 years old in Forte dei Marmi. [ref]
Ștefan Andrei
Romanian politician.
Born March 29th, 1931 in Podari.
Died August 31st, 2014 at 83 years old in Snagov (disease).
Emīls Dārziņš
Latvian composer (1875–1910).
Born November 3rd, 1875 in Jaunpiebalga.
Died August 31st, 1910 at 34 years old in Riga.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 149
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner