August 31


Tuesday 31, 1999:

The first of a series of Russian Apartment Bombings in Moscow, killing one person and wounding 40 others.


Thursday 31, 1989:

Buckingham Palace officials confirm that Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips are to be separated.


Sunday 31, 1980:

The Solidarity trade union is formed in Poland.


Saturday 31, 1907:

England, Russia and France form the Triple Entente alliance.


Thursday 31, 1876:

Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.


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