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31 August 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 31 August 2020 was a Monday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “WAP” by Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2020
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2020 was the Toyota HiLux.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 31 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 31 August 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 31 August 2020 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 31 August
- 1993 Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.
- 1994 Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.
- 1996 Saddam Hussein's troops seize Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
- 2006 Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
- 2016 Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
Famous people born on 31 August
- Richard Gere, American actor and producer (born 1949)
- Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (born 1985)
- Jalen Brunson, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Caligula, Roman emperor (born 12)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2020 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 16 February – A fundraising concert Fire Fight Australia is held at Stadium Australia in Sydney following the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.
- 26 February – Down to Earth bushfire relief benefit concert held at Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne.
- 23 March – The Australian Parliament sits to debate and pass an economic stimulus package to attempt to mitigate the economic effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, then adjourns until August 2020.
Life in Australia in 2020
Prime Minister
Scott Morrison
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.10
Loaf of Bread
$3.80
Average House
$590,000
Weekly Wage
$1,710.00
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