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*[[1876]] - [[Ottoman sultan]] [[Murat V]] is deposed and succeeded by his brother [[Abd-ul-Hamid II]].
*[[1876]] - [[Ottoman sultan]] [[Murat V]] is deposed and succeeded by his brother [[Abd-ul-Hamid II]].
*[[1886]] - [[Charleston earthquake|Earthquake]] kills 100 in [[Charleston, South Carolina]].
*[[1886]] - [[Charleston earthquake|Earthquake]] kills 100 in [[Charleston, South Carolina]].
*[[1867]] - Stricken by [[paralysis]], poet [[Charles Baudelaire]] dies in [[Paris]], [[France]], at the age of 46
*[[1888]] - [[Mary Ann Nichols]] is murdered. She is the first of [[Jack the Ripper]]'s known victims.
*[[1888]] - [[Mary Ann Nichols]] is murdered. She is the first of [[Jack the Ripper]]'s known victims.
*[[1897]] - [[Thomas Edison]] patents the [[Kinetoscope]], the first movie projector.
*[[1897]] - [[Thomas Edison]] patents the [[Kinetoscope]], the first movie projector.
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*[[2005]] - A [[Baghdad bridge stampede|stampede]] on [[Al-Aaimmah bridge]] in [[Baghdad]] kills 1,199 people.
*[[2005]] - A [[Baghdad bridge stampede|stampede]] on [[Al-Aaimmah bridge]] in [[Baghdad]] kills 1,199 people.
*[[2006]] - Stolen on [[August 22]], [[2004]], [[Edvard Munch]]'s famous painting [[The Scream]] was recovered from a raid by [[Norway|Norwegian]] police. The paintings were said to be in a better-than-expected condition.
*[[2006]] - Stolen on [[August 22]], [[2004]], [[Edvard Munch]]'s famous painting [[The Scream]] was recovered from a raid by [[Norway|Norwegian]] police. The paintings were said to be in a better-than-expected condition.



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August 31 is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 122 days remain until the end of the year.

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