Historical Events In August - 31
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1999 On August - 31 detroit area teachers begin a nine-day strike, postponing the first day of school for 170,000 students.
2005 A crowd crush on the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills several hundred civilians (see Baghdad bridge stampede) on this day in history.
2006 On August - 31 edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna are recovered in a police raid in Oslo, Norway.
2012 On August - 31 researchers successfully perform the first implantation of an early prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes.
2012 Armenia severs diplomatic relations with Hungary, following the extradition to Azerbaijan and subsequent pardoning of Ramil Safarov, who was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004. The move is also met with fierce criticism from other countries on August - 31.
2017 International Organization for Migration states 18,500 Rohingya Muslims have fled from violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state after 110 deaths, making for Bangladesh on August - 31.
2017 On this day in history indicationss Neanderthals were the first to make glue out of tar strengthened by research published in "Scientific Reports"
2018 On August - 31 19-year old Indonesian boy rescued after 49 days afloat when his floating fish trap became adrift
2021 On August - 31 36-year old Cristiano Ronaldo is confirmed as a Manchester United player for a second time when his transfer from Juventus is ratified; Ronaldo left United in 2009 to join Real Madrid
2023 On August - 31 johannesburg building fire: 77 people are killed and more than 85 are injured in a fire in a building that had been taken over by gangs who rented it out to squatters.September 1 - Singaporean presidential election: Economist and former deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is elected president with a vote share of over 70%.
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