WillDekkard
08-31-2010, 04:09 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - August 31st
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* 1056 Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill, dying suddenly a few days later, without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty.
* 1218 Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil.
* 1314 King Hεkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
* 1422 Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.
* 1803 Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 o clock in the morning.
* 1813 At the final stage of the Peninsular War British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia-San Sebastian, resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town.
* 1864 During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
* 1876 Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.
* 1886 An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
* 1888 Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's known victims.
* 1897 Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
* 1907 Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
* 1914 Ecuador becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
* 1915 Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
* 1920 Polish-Bolshevik War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarσw.
* 1920 First radio news program broadcast by station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.
* 1939 Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, starting World War II in Europe.
* 1940 Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident was the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
* 1943 The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
* 1945 The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
* 1948 Actor Robert Mitchum is arrested in a Hollywood drug raid. He would later be found guilty of criminal conspiracy to possess marijuana and sentenced to 60 days in prison.
* 1949 The retreat of the Greek Democratic Army in Albania after its defeat in mountain Grammos marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
* 1957 The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
* 1958 A parcel bomb sent by Ngo Dinh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, failed to kill Sihanouk of Cambodia.
* 1962 Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
* 1965 The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight.
* 1978 William and Emily Harris, founders of the Symbionese Liberation Army, plead guilty to the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst.
* 1980 Zimbabwe establishes diplomatic relations with Algeria.
* 1986 Aeromιxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
* 1986 The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
* 1991 Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
* 1992 Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo .
* 1993 HMS Mercury closes after 52 years in commission.
* 1994 The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
* 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
* 1998 North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite.
* 1999 The first of a series of bombings in Moscow, killing one person and wounding 40 others.
* 1999 A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including 2 on the ground.
* 2005 A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
* 2006 Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
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This Date in History - August 31st
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* 1056 Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill, dying suddenly a few days later, without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty.
* 1218 Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil.
* 1314 King Hεkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
* 1422 Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.
* 1803 Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 o clock in the morning.
* 1813 At the final stage of the Peninsular War British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia-San Sebastian, resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town.
* 1864 During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
* 1876 Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.
* 1886 An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
* 1888 Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's known victims.
* 1897 Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
* 1907 Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
* 1914 Ecuador becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
* 1915 Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
* 1920 Polish-Bolshevik War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarσw.
* 1920 First radio news program broadcast by station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.
* 1939 Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, starting World War II in Europe.
* 1940 Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident was the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
* 1943 The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
* 1945 The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
* 1948 Actor Robert Mitchum is arrested in a Hollywood drug raid. He would later be found guilty of criminal conspiracy to possess marijuana and sentenced to 60 days in prison.
* 1949 The retreat of the Greek Democratic Army in Albania after its defeat in mountain Grammos marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
* 1957 The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
* 1958 A parcel bomb sent by Ngo Dinh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, failed to kill Sihanouk of Cambodia.
* 1962 Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
* 1965 The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight.
* 1978 William and Emily Harris, founders of the Symbionese Liberation Army, plead guilty to the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst.
* 1980 Zimbabwe establishes diplomatic relations with Algeria.
* 1986 Aeromιxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
* 1986 The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
* 1991 Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
* 1992 Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo .
* 1993 HMS Mercury closes after 52 years in commission.
* 1994 The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
* 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
* 1998 North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite.
* 1999 The first of a series of bombings in Moscow, killing one person and wounding 40 others.
* 1999 A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including 2 on the ground.
* 2005 A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
* 2006 Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
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