At A Glance

31 August 2018 at a glance

Day of the week
31 August 2018 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “In My Feelings” by Drake.
Top Film of 2018
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
Top-Rated TV Show
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2018–19 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 31 August is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 31 August 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for August is Peridot.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 31 August 2018 was Waning 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 August 31

  • 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 2018 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 13 – The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency sends a false alarm warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack, causing widespread panic across the state.
  • February 6 – SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon Heavy rocket from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center.
  • February 16 – Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler, is released by Marvel Studios as the 18th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
More events of 2018 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in the US in 2018

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.72

Loaf of Bread

$2.20

Average House

$347,800

Weekly Wage

$898

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