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History Events on August 31

By  Kalpana Srivastava  31 Aug   530 Views

History Events on August 31

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Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.

#Lithuania

In 1993

Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.

#Lovettsville_air_disaster

In 1940

Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.

#Radio_Prague

In 1936

World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.

#Chetniks

In 1941

The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.

#2005_Al-Aaimmah_bridge_stampede

In 2005

At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.

#Peninsular_War

In 1813

The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.

#Democratic_Army_of_Greece

In 1949

World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.

#World_War_I

In 1918

Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

#Edvard_Munch

In 2006

Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.

#Trinidad_and_Tobago

In 1962

Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.

#Aeroméxico_Flight_498

In 1986

The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

#Federation_of_Malaya

In 1957

Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.

#Nazi_Germany

In 1939

Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

#Thomas_Edison

In 1897

The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.

#Soviet_Union

In 1986

During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.

#American_Civil_War

In 1864

Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

#Kyrgyzstan

In 1991

War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.

#War_of_the_First_Coalition

In 1795

Al-Kamil becomes sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty.

#Al-Kamil

In 1218

Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.

#Thai_Airways_Flight_365

In 1987

Polish-Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

#Polish-Soviet_War

In 1920

Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year.

#Michael_VI_Bringas

In 1057

Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.

#Anglo-Russian_Convention

In 1907

German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.

#Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin

In 1895

King Haakon V of Norway moves the capital from Bergen to Oslo.

#Haakon_V_of_Norway

In 1314

Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.

#Diana,_Princess_of_Wales

In 1997

Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.

#Irish_Rebellion_of_1798

In 1798

Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.

#Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo

In 1963

Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.

#Saddam_Hussein

In 1996

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.

#Dilma_Rousseff

In 2016

King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of nine months.

#Henry_V_of_England

In 1422

William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.

#William_Livingston

In 1776

USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.

#USS_Harmon_(DE-678)

In 1943

The 7.0 Mw? Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5-6 million.

#1886_Charleston_earthquake

In 1886

Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.

#Mary_Ann_Nichols

In 1888

A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.

In 1999

The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.

In 1999

Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.

In 1994

Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes while during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.

In 1988

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô ?ình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô ?ình Di?m, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

In 1959

In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.

In 1935

Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.

In 1876

After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.

In 1056

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