EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
August 31
Monday, August 31, 2026
Day 242 of 2026 | Week 36 | 117 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
A landslide in the Darfur region of Sudan kills over 1000 people. 26
An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills over 1400 people. 25
A helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 occupants.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, made landfall, killing at least 236 people.
The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
British conductor (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ukrainian tennis player (won four Masters)
TV
American politician (1st Alaskan Native elected to Congress)
American NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs) and coach
Canadian NHL defenseman (NJ Devils) and coach
Irish golfer (British Open 2007-08
American pop singer ("Lost in Your Eyes"; "Only in My Dreams")
American experimental rock and finger tap guitarist (Battles; Storm & Stress; Don Caballero0
American NBA guard (LA Clippers
Queen consort of Jordan
Canadian actor (Transformers
Russian NHL goalie (Buffalo Sabres
American serial killer
Australian actor (Australia Survivor presenter)
π― yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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