On This Day: August 31

Updated August 30, 2012, 2:28 pm

On Aug. 31, 1997, Britain’s Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris at age 36.

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On Aug. 31, 1907, William Shawn, editor of The New Yorker magazine for 35 years, was born. Following his death on Dec. 8, 1992, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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Historic Birthdays

William Shawn 8/31/1907 – 12/8/1992 American editor of The New Yorker (1952-87).Go to obituary »

97	John Neville Keynes 8/31/1852 – 11/15/1949 English philosopher and economist
69	Georg Jensen 8/31/1866 – 10/2/1935 Danish silversmith and designer
81	Maria Montessori 8/31/1870 – 5/6/1952 Italian educator; founder of Montessori education
82	Wilhelmina 8/31/1880 – 11/28/1962 Dutch queen (1890-1948)
71	George Sarton 8/31/1884 – 3/22/1956 Belgian-born American scholar
54	DuBose Heyward 8/31/1885 – 6/16/1940 American dramatist, novelist and poet
77	Fredric March 8/31/1897 – 4/14/1975 American screen and stage actor
79	Arthur Godfrey 8/31/1903 – 3/16/1983 American radio and television entertainer
74	Dore Schary 8/31/1905 – 7/7/1980 American screenwriter, playwright, producer and director
49	Ramon Magsaysay 8/31/1907 – 3/17/1957 Philippine president (1953-7)
72	William Saroyan 8/31/1908 – 5/18/1981 American novelist and playwright
67	Alan Jay Lerner 8/31/1918 – 6/14/1986 American librettist and lyricist for stage and screen