Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK. Date: August 31, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)

Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris. Date: August 31, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground. Date: August 31, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)

The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others. Date: August 31, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)

Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, made landfall, killing at least 236 people. Date: August 31, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)

The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people. Date: August 31, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)

Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police. Date: August 31, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office. Date: August 31, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)

A helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 occupants. Date: August 31, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)