Friday, August 31, 2007

August 31st – Today in History

Today is the 243rd day of the year 2007. There are 122 days left in the year. No event of significant happened today. I do wonder why today is a public holiday in Malaysia ? Could it be because today is Debbie Gibson's birthday ? Since a lot of us are fans of Debbie Gibson, I think it is appropriate today be a rest day as mark of respect to this western icon of music. So, today I can afford to spend more times in the toilet in the morning. Spending more time in the toilet doing what ? Do I need to give you graphic descriptions of what people normally do in the toilet ?

Out of respect for history, the followings are some significant events that happened on this day in history : .

August 31, 1997 - Princess Diana, her boyfriend Dodi al-Fayed, driver Henrie Paul, and bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones were involved in an auto accident at Place d'Alma, France. The Princess died at 4:00 a.m. in the hospital. She was 36 years old at time of her death.

August 31, 1989 - Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips announced their separation.

August 31, 1983 – South Korea Airliner' flight 007 was shot down by Russia. All 269 passengers and crew died.

August 31, 1980 - Poland's Solidarity labor union was founded

August 31, 1972 - Mark Spitz wins his fifth swimming gold medal of the Munich Olympics. He won a total of 7 gold medals during the games.

August 31st 1968 - 6,000 people died and 60,0000 buildings destroyed in an earth quake in Iran.

August 31, 1939 - Adolf Hitler ordered his troop to invade Poland

August 31, 1900 - Coca Cola first goes on sale in Britain.

August 31, 1897 - Thomas Edison received a patent for his movie camera, the Kinetograph.

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