Efeméride del 31 Agosto

eso ha pasado un 31 Agosto

1886 : Earthquake in South Carolina On August 31st, 1886, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale hit the city of Charleston in South Carolina. 100 people were killed and almost all the buildings were damaged. The people did not know there was a fault there. It was not identified until much later.
1888 : First murder of Jack the Ripper On August 31, 1888, the first victim of Jack the Ripper was discovered in London in the district of Whitechapel. She was horribly mutilated. She was a prostitute named Mary Ann Nichols. Four other prostitutes were found murdered in the same way the following months. The murderer was never arrested despite numerous conjectures as to his identity.
1994 : The Provisional IRA declared a cease-fire On 31st August 1994, the Provisional IRA declared a cease-fire in order to participate in negotiations with the British authorities. The British government then asked the IRA to disarm before allowing the Irish political party Sinn Fein to participate in the talks. The IRA refused and resumed the armed struggle between February 1996 and July 1997 before accepting a permanent cease-fire.
1997 : Death of Princess Diana On August 31st, 1997, Princess Diana, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and their driver were killed in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris as they drove at high speed to escape a pack of paparazzi.

Independence Day in Kyrgyzstan August 31 is Independence Day in Kyrgyzstan, which celebrates its independence gained when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
Independance Day in Malaysia August 31 is Independence Day (Hari Merdeka) in Malaysia which celebrates its independence gained against the British on August 31st, 1957. This date also corresponds thus to the creation of Malaysia which includes several former protectorates.
Independence Day in Trinidad and Tobago August 31 is Independence Day in Trinidad and Tobago which celebrates its independence gained against the United Kingdom on August 31st, 1962.

Lady Diana, Princesse de Galles
There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.

Taishō, Emperador de Japón (1879)
Wilhelmina, Reina de los Países Bajos (1890-1948) (1880)
Lily Laskine, Arpista francesa (1893)
Fredric March, Actor americano (1897)
Paul-Jacques Bonzon, Escritor francés (1908)
Richard Basehart, Actor americano (1914)
James Coburn, Actor americano (1928)
Jack Thompson, Actor australiano (1940)
Itzhak Perlman, Violinista israelí (1945)
Yumiko Ōshima, Dibujante de manga japonesa (1947)
Lowell Ganz, Guionista estadounidense (1948)
Richard Gere, Actor americano (1949)
Hugh David Politzer, Físico americano, Premio Nobel de Física (1949)
Pavel Vinogradov, Cosmonauta ruso (1953)
Edwin Moses, Atleta estadounidense (400m vallas) (1955)
Serge Blanco, Jugador de rugby francés (1958)
Jonathan LaPaglia, Actor australiano (1969)
Rania Al Abdullah , Reina de Jordania (1970)
Amy Stein, Fotógrafa estadounidense (1970)
Chris Tucker, Actor americano (1972)
Vincent Delerm, Músico francés (1976)
Ian Harte, Futbolista irlandés (1977)
Ian Crocker, Nadador estadounidense (1982)
José Manuel Reina, Futbolista español (1982)
Ted Ligety, Esquiador estadounidense (1984)

Go-Horikawa, Emperador de Japón (1234)
Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Explorador francés (1811)
Charles Baudelaire, Escritor francés (1867)
Georges Braque, Pintor francés (1963)
Ilya Ehrenburg, Escritor soviético (1967)
Rocky Marciano, Boxeador estadounidense (1969)
John Ford, Director de cine estadounidense (1973)
Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Virólogo australiano, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1985)
Henry Moore, Escultor Inglés (1986)
Diana, Princesa de Gales (1997)
Dodi Fayed, Productor egipcio (1997)
George Porter, Químico Inglés, Premio Nobel (2002)
Laurent Fignon, Ciclista francés (2010)

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