August 31
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Art and culture
- 1897 - Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- 2006 - Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream was recovered from a raid by Norwegian police. The paintings were said to be in a better-than-expected condition.
Births
- 12 - Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)
- 1811 - Theophile Gautier, French poet and novelist (d. 1872)
- 1879 - Alma Mahler, wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel (d. 1964)
- 1897 - Fredric March, American actor (d. 1975)
- 1928 - James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1935 - Eldridge Cleaver, American political activist (d. 1998)
- 1945 - Van Morrison, Irish musician
Deaths
- 1688 - John Bunyan, English writer (b. 1628)
- 1867 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet (b. 1821)
- 1963 - Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882)
- 1973 - John Ford, American film director (b. 1894)
- 1986 - Henry Moore, English sculptor (b. 1898)
Notes
- 1688 - Matthias Grünewald (c.1470 – August 31 1528), is a highly regarded figure from the German Renaissance.
- 1688 - Raoul Ubac a Belgian artist born in Malmedy (Wallonia) on August 31 1910 - died Dieudonné (Oise) March 24 1985.
- 1688 - Gérard Pirès (born August 31, 1942) is a French film director and writer.
- 1688 - Harley Granville-Barker (November 25 1877 – August 31 1946) was an English actor, director, producer, critic and playwright.
- 1688 - Raymond Williams
- 1688 - George Kuchar
- 1688 - The Threepenny Opera August 31, 1928, at Berlin's
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