August 31

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[edit] Events

• 1803 - Lewis and Clark start their expedition from Pittsburgh at 11 o clock in the morning.
• 1864 - During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1886 - Earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1957 - The Federation of Malaya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1962 - Trinidad and Tobago become independent.
• 1991 - Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1998 - North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite.
• 1999 - The first of a series of Russian Apartment Bombings in Moscow, killing one person and wounding 40 others.

[edit] Births

• 12 - Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)
• 1935 - Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (d. 1998)
• 1960 - Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hizballah

[edit] Deaths

• 1056 - Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)