This day in history
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Saturday, 30 August 2014
On this day...
August 31
:
Independence Day
in
Malaysia
(
1957
) and
Trinidad and Tobago
(
1962
)
1813
–
Peninsular War
: At the
Battle of San Marcial
, the Spanish Army of Galicia under
Manuel Alberto Freire
turned back
Nicolas Soult
's last major offensive against
Arthur Wellesley
's allied army.
1897
–
Thomas Edison
was granted a patent for the
Kinetoscope
(pictured)
, a precursor to the
movie projector
.
1935
– In an effort to
stay out
of the growing European conflict, the United States passed the first of its
Neutrality Acts
.
1959
– A
parcel bomb
sent by
Ngô Đình Nhu
, younger brother and chief adviser of
South Vietnamese
President
Ngô Đình Diệm
, failed to kill
Norodom Sihanouk
of Cambodia.
1986
– Aeroméxico Flight 498
collided
with a privately owned
Piper PA-28 Cherokee
aircraft over
Cerritos, California
, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
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