This Day in History: August 31, 2024
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1887
Thomas Edison received a patent for his "Kinetoscope," and moving pictures were born.
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1888
Mary Ann Nicholls, considered to be Jack the Ripper's first victim, was found murdered in London.
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1962
Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from Great Britain.
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1980
Poland's Solidarity labor movement had its beginnings when an agreement ending a 17-day strike was signed in Gdansk.
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1994
Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltic states.
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1997
Princess Diana and her companion Dodi al-Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris.
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2012
Armenia severed diplomatic relations with Hungary, after the pardoning of Ramil Safarov. In 2004, Safarov was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier.
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