WHAT HAPPENED ON 31. AUGUST
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The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire. (31. August 1994)

Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK. (31. August 1996)

Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris. (31. August 1997)

North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite. (31. August 1998)

The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others. (31. August 1999)

A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground. (31. August 1999)

A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people. (31. August 2005)

The record for the most number of penalty kicks (40) taken in a Penalty shootout in a football match was set during an FA Cup Preliminary Round Replay match between Tunbridge Wells and Littlehampton Town at the Culverden Stadium in England. (31. August 2005)

Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police. (31. August 2006)

Armenia ruptures diplomatic relations with Hungary. (31. August 2012)