German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon. German Count **Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917)** was a military officer, engineer, and aviation pioneer whose name…
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31 August 1950
TWA Flight 903 crashes near Itay El Barud, Egypt, killing all 55 aboard. Trans World Airlines Flight 903 was a scheduled passenger service that tragically…
31 August 1888
Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims. Jack the Ripper is the name given to an unidentified…
31 August 1920
Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów. The Polish-Soviet War, which took place from 1919 to 1921, resulted in a Polish…
31 August 1999
The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
31 August 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
31 August 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
31 August 1939
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…
31 August 1888
Jack the Ripper’s first confirmed victim, Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. On 31 August 1888, the body of a homeless women, brutally murdered and mutilated,…
31 August 1897
Thomas Edison get a patent for his Kinetoscope, the first movie projector. Thomas Edison receives a patent for his movie camera, the Kinetograph. Edison had…