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Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire (984 - August 31, 1056) that is. Here's a list of other famous people who died on this day, August 31.
1963 - Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882)
1967 - Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (b. 1891)
1969 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
1985 - Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
1986 - Henry Moore, English sculptor (b. 1898 )
2002 - George Porter, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
2005 - Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1908 )
I must have missed someone, but no one important. Some bint without a seat belt, or something. Pish.
