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Sunday Times, Australia
Advertiser, Australia
The Mercury, Australia
Aug 31 2004
On this day
31 aug 04
1990 - About 250 militant Armenian nationalists give up their weapons
after the republic's parliament declares a state of emergency.
1290 - Jews are exiled from England by proclamation of King Edward I.
1422 - King Henry V of England dies of dysentery in France and is
succeeded by his nine-month-old son, Henry VI.
1688 - Death in London of John Bunyan, English author of The
Pilgrim's Progress.
1704 - Forces of Russia's Tsar Peter the Great take Narva in Russia.
1823 - French forces storm the Trocadero and enter Cadiz in Spain.
1846 - Committee is established in Sydney to organise appeal for
Irish famine.
1871 - Basutoland is united with Cape Colony, South Africa.
1876 - Turkey's Sultan Murad V is deposed on plea of insanity and is
succeeded by Abdul Hamid II.
1887 - US inventor Thomas A Edison receives a patent for his
Kinetoscope, a device which produces moving pictures.
1888 - Body of Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, first victim of murderer
"Jack the Ripper", is found in London.
1900 - British forces under Frederick Roberts occupy Johannesburg.
1907 - Anglo-Russian Convention is signed in St Petersburg, settling
differences between the two over Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet.
1918 - Bolshevik troops attack British embassy in Petrograd, Russia.
1920 - First ever news program is broadcast by the radio station 8MK
in Detroit, Michigan.
1922 - Czech-Serb-Croat Alliance is signed at Marienbad.
1923 - Italy occupies Corfu in Greece.
1939 - Attempts by French Premier Daladier and British Prime Minister
Chamberlain to negotiate with Adolf Hitler of Germany fail.
1942 - German General Irwin Rommel renews offensive against British
at Alam Halfa in North Africa in World War II but is driven back to
original lines.
1950 - Contingent of 80 men from First Battalion, Royal Australian
Regiment, leaves for the Korean War.
1957 - Malaya becomes an independent member of the British
Commonwealth.
1962 - Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent nation within the
British Commonwealth.
1967 - Diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Malaysia are
re-established, following Indonesia's opposition to the formation of
the Malaya federation.
1968 - West Indian Garfield Sobers becomes the first cricketer to
score six sixes off one over in first-class cricket, in England.
1969 - Rocky Marciano, former world heavyweight boxing champion, is
killed in an air crash in Iowa.
1973 - Death of John Ford, US film director.
1977 - Ian Smith wins the Rhodesian general election with 80 per cent
of the overwhelmingly white electorate's vote.
1980 - Polish labour leaders sign agreements with Communist
government, establishing for first time in a Soviet-bloc nation the
rights to strike and to establish free trade unions.
1983 - Murdered opposition leader Benigno Aquino is buried in Manila,
with over a million mourners being addressed by his widow Cory.
1986 - Soviet passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov collides with a
merchant vessel in the Black Sea, causing both vessels to sink; 448
die.
1986 - Moscow's secret police hold US correspondent Nicholas Daniloff
on spying allegations.
1987 - Government and opposition officials in South Korea agree on
revising Constitution to clear way for direct presidential elections
and other reforms.
1989 - Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips separate
after 16 years of marriage.
1990 - East and West Germany sign a treaty to harmonise their legal
and political systems after merging on October 3.
1990 - About 250 militant Armenian nationalists give up their weapons
after the republic's parliament declares a state of emergency.
1991 - Uzbekistan and Kirgyzstan become ninth and tenth Soviet
republics to declare independence.
1992 - Palestinian Arabs dismiss Israel's self-rule proposals as
unacceptable and say peace negotiations are at an impasse.
1994 - IRA declares an open-ended ceasefire in its 24-year campaign
against British rule of Northern Ireland.
1995 - Bomb-laden car explodes in a crowded square outside Algeria's
national police headquarters, killing 10 and injuring 15.
1996 - Iraq captures Irbil in northern Iraq, a key city inside the
Kurdish "safe haven" protected by US-led forces, in Saddam Hussein's
largest military action since the end of the Gulf War in 1991.
1997 - Princess Diana and her millionaire companion Dodi Al Fayed are
killed in a Paris car crash.
1998 - North Korea launches a new, more powerful long-range ballistic
missile that crosses over Japan's main island and crashes into the
Pacific Ocean.
1999 - Opposition lawmakers in Venezuela pledge to defy a decision by
supporters of President Hugo Chavez to shut down the legislature,
worsening the country's constitutional crisis.
2000 - The United States decides to boycott several meetings in Japan
dealing with science and the environment in a protest of the
expansion of Japanese whaling.
2001 - Delegates from more than 160 countries attend the weeklong
United Nations-sponsored World Conference Against Racism in Durban,
South Africa.
2002 - A Russian Mi-24 assault helicopter is shot down by a missile
in Chechnya. Both of the gunship's pilots are killed. Chechen rebels
claim responsibility.
2002 - Lionel Hampton, one of America's jazz legends, dies. He was
94.
2003 - Kenya lifts a ban on the Mau Mau movement, which spearheaded
an uprising against British colonialists in the 1950s.
Sunday Times, Australia
Advertiser, Australia
The Mercury, Australia
Aug 31 2004
On this day
31 aug 04
1990 - About 250 militant Armenian nationalists give up their weapons
after the republic's parliament declares a state of emergency.
1290 - Jews are exiled from England by proclamation of King Edward I.
1422 - King Henry V of England dies of dysentery in France and is
succeeded by his nine-month-old son, Henry VI.
1688 - Death in London of John Bunyan, English author of The
Pilgrim's Progress.
1704 - Forces of Russia's Tsar Peter the Great take Narva in Russia.
1823 - French forces storm the Trocadero and enter Cadiz in Spain.
1846 - Committee is established in Sydney to organise appeal for
Irish famine.
1871 - Basutoland is united with Cape Colony, South Africa.
1876 - Turkey's Sultan Murad V is deposed on plea of insanity and is
succeeded by Abdul Hamid II.
1887 - US inventor Thomas A Edison receives a patent for his
Kinetoscope, a device which produces moving pictures.
1888 - Body of Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, first victim of murderer
"Jack the Ripper", is found in London.
1900 - British forces under Frederick Roberts occupy Johannesburg.
1907 - Anglo-Russian Convention is signed in St Petersburg, settling
differences between the two over Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet.
1918 - Bolshevik troops attack British embassy in Petrograd, Russia.
1920 - First ever news program is broadcast by the radio station 8MK
in Detroit, Michigan.
1922 - Czech-Serb-Croat Alliance is signed at Marienbad.
1923 - Italy occupies Corfu in Greece.
1939 - Attempts by French Premier Daladier and British Prime Minister
Chamberlain to negotiate with Adolf Hitler of Germany fail.
1942 - German General Irwin Rommel renews offensive against British
at Alam Halfa in North Africa in World War II but is driven back to
original lines.
1950 - Contingent of 80 men from First Battalion, Royal Australian
Regiment, leaves for the Korean War.
1957 - Malaya becomes an independent member of the British
Commonwealth.
1962 - Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent nation within the
British Commonwealth.
1967 - Diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Malaysia are
re-established, following Indonesia's opposition to the formation of
the Malaya federation.
1968 - West Indian Garfield Sobers becomes the first cricketer to
score six sixes off one over in first-class cricket, in England.
1969 - Rocky Marciano, former world heavyweight boxing champion, is
killed in an air crash in Iowa.
1973 - Death of John Ford, US film director.
1977 - Ian Smith wins the Rhodesian general election with 80 per cent
of the overwhelmingly white electorate's vote.
1980 - Polish labour leaders sign agreements with Communist
government, establishing for first time in a Soviet-bloc nation the
rights to strike and to establish free trade unions.
1983 - Murdered opposition leader Benigno Aquino is buried in Manila,
with over a million mourners being addressed by his widow Cory.
1986 - Soviet passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov collides with a
merchant vessel in the Black Sea, causing both vessels to sink; 448
die.
1986 - Moscow's secret police hold US correspondent Nicholas Daniloff
on spying allegations.
1987 - Government and opposition officials in South Korea agree on
revising Constitution to clear way for direct presidential elections
and other reforms.
1989 - Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips separate
after 16 years of marriage.
1990 - East and West Germany sign a treaty to harmonise their legal
and political systems after merging on October 3.
1990 - About 250 militant Armenian nationalists give up their weapons
after the republic's parliament declares a state of emergency.
1991 - Uzbekistan and Kirgyzstan become ninth and tenth Soviet
republics to declare independence.
1992 - Palestinian Arabs dismiss Israel's self-rule proposals as
unacceptable and say peace negotiations are at an impasse.
1994 - IRA declares an open-ended ceasefire in its 24-year campaign
against British rule of Northern Ireland.
1995 - Bomb-laden car explodes in a crowded square outside Algeria's
national police headquarters, killing 10 and injuring 15.
1996 - Iraq captures Irbil in northern Iraq, a key city inside the
Kurdish "safe haven" protected by US-led forces, in Saddam Hussein's
largest military action since the end of the Gulf War in 1991.
1997 - Princess Diana and her millionaire companion Dodi Al Fayed are
killed in a Paris car crash.
1998 - North Korea launches a new, more powerful long-range ballistic
missile that crosses over Japan's main island and crashes into the
Pacific Ocean.
1999 - Opposition lawmakers in Venezuela pledge to defy a decision by
supporters of President Hugo Chavez to shut down the legislature,
worsening the country's constitutional crisis.
2000 - The United States decides to boycott several meetings in Japan
dealing with science and the environment in a protest of the
expansion of Japanese whaling.
2001 - Delegates from more than 160 countries attend the weeklong
United Nations-sponsored World Conference Against Racism in Durban,
South Africa.
2002 - A Russian Mi-24 assault helicopter is shot down by a missile
in Chechnya. Both of the gunship's pilots are killed. Chechen rebels
claim responsibility.
2002 - Lionel Hampton, one of America's jazz legends, dies. He was
94.
2003 - Kenya lifts a ban on the Mau Mau movement, which spearheaded
an uprising against British colonialists in the 1950s.