How strange! I was intrigued by this so I did a little digging and it's not just SJB and your friend who were born on the 31st of August. Chris Tucker, Jeff Hardy, Caligula and Van Morrison all have birthdays today.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_31"]August 31 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
I also noticed this is the day Princess Di and her man were killed.
