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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 31
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Buddy (Leonard) Hackett in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian (God's Little Acre, Music Man).
- 90th: 1934 - First football all star game-Chicago Bears tie collegians 0-0 in Chicago.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Tula [Barry Kenneth Cossey] in England; actor (For Your Eyes Only).
- 70th: 1954 - US Census Bureau is established.
- 70th: 1954 - Hurricane Carol (first major named storm) hits New England, 70 die.
- 60th: 1964 - Carole Coleman, singer ("Face the Music"), dies at age 42.
- 60th: 1964 - Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash.
- 60th: 1964 - President Lyndon Johnson signs Food Stamp Act as Public Law 88-525.
- 40th: 1984 - Pinklin Thomas defeats Tim Witherspoon for the WBC heavyweight title.
- 30th: 1994 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army announces a "complete cessation of military operations."
- 30th: 1994 - Russian army leaves Estonia.
- 20th: 2004 - Two suicide attacks on buses in Beer Sheva, Israel, kill at least 16 people and injure at least 60. Hamas claims responsibility for the attacks.
- 20th: 2004 - A woman commits a suicide attack near a subway station in northern Moscow, Russia, killing at least ten people and injuring at least 50. Authorities hold Chechen rebels responsible.
- 15th: 2009 - China's Shanghai Composite Index drops by 6.7 percent, leaving it down 20 percent since a high on August 4.
- 15th: 2009 - Florida governor Charlie Crist signs a gambling pact with the Seminole tribe, lasting 20 years, specifying payment of minimum US$12.5 million per month for the first 30 months for the privilege of running legal slot machines and blackjack at their seven casinos.
- 15th: 2009 - State-owned Chinese oil firm PetroChina agrees to pay CDN$1.9 billion (US$1.7 billion) to acquire a majority stake in two tar sands projects in Alberta, Canada.
- 15th: 2009 - The Walt Disney Company agrees to buy Marvel Entertainment for US$4 billion.
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