On this day: August 31

National days on this date

• Kyrgyzstan Independence DayA national holiday marking the 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Events

1. 1266 Battle of Mari 1266 battle in Mari between Egypt and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
2. 2001 EuroBasket 2001 2001 edition of the Eurobasket
3. 2017 FIBA EuroBasket 2017 2017 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket

Births

1. 1954 Robert Kocharyan former leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia
2. 1955 Vladimir Norov Uzbekistani politician and diplomat
3. 1962 Nurlan Nyghmatulin Kazakh politician

Deaths

1. 1927 Andranik Ozanian Armenian politician and military personnel (1865-1927)
2. 1942 Rashid bey Efendiyev Azerbaijani writer, pedagogue and ethnographer (1863–1942)
3. 1999 Irina Yanina Hero of the Russian Federation (1966–1999)
4. 2021 Margarita Ponomaryova Russian sprinter (1963–2021)