What day of the week was August 31, 1986?

The day of the week August 31st, 1986 fell on was a Sunday.

Elizabeth Coatsworth the American author (b. 1893) died on this day in 1986. As did Urho Kekkonen the Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900) , Henry Moore the English sculptor (b. 1898) .

Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos the California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground. The Soviet passenger liner sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev the killing 423.