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Damascus, SANA- Today in History Aug. 31st:
1422- Henry VI becomes King of England in his cradle at an age of barely nine months old after the death of his father.
1897- Tomas Edison granted a patent for the motion picture camera or “Kinetograph.”
1931- About 250 thousand people killed in a flood of the Chang Jiang River in India.
1955- The first solar-powered vehicle designed by William Cobb from General Motors Corporation.
1957- Declaring the independence of Malaysia.
1965- Inaugurating the red phone hotline between the Soviet Union and the US to be used in times of dangerous crises.
2010- US President Barack Obama declares the end of the US military operations in Iraq.
Born Today:
1821- German Physicist Hermann von Helmholtz.
Passed Away:
1422- Henry V, King of England.
2002- British Chemist and Noble Prize Laureate 2002 George Porter.
Occasions:
– Independence Day in Kyrgyzstan.
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