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\"Diana,<\/a>
Diana, the Princess of Wales during her visit to Leicester in this May 27, 1997 photo, to formally open The Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and Arts. (AP Photo\/POOL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Associated Press<\/p>\n

On Aug. 31, 1980, Poland’s Solidarity labor movement was born with an agreement that ended a 17-day strike at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk.<\/p>\n

On this date in:
\n1888- Mary Ann Nichols, a prostitute, was found murdered in London’s East End. She is generally regarded as the first victim of Jack the Ripper.
\n1935- President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of U.S. arms to belligerents.
\n1954- Hurricane Carol hit the northeastern United States, resulting in nearly 70 deaths and millions of dollars in damage.
\n1962- The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago became independent within the British Commonwealth.
\n1985- California’s “Night Stalker” killer Richard Ramirez was captured by residents of an East Los Angeles neighborhood.
\n1992- White separatist Randy Weaver surrendered to authorities in Naples, Idaho, ending an 11-day siege by federal agents that claimed the lives of Weaver’s wife and son and a deputy U.S. marshal.
\n1994- Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltics after half a century.
\n1997- Britain’s Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris at age 36.
\n2005- Some 1,000 people were killed when a religious procession across a Baghdad bridge was engulfed in panic over rumors of a suicide bomber.
\n2006- Iran defied a U.N. deadline to stop enriching uranium.
\n2009- Walt Disney Co. announced it was acquiring comic book giant Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion.
\n2010- President Barack Obama ended the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, declaring no victory after seven years of bloodshed.<\/p>\n

Today’s Birthdays:
\nActor Richard Gere turns 66 years old today.
\nFrank Robinson, Baseball Hall of Famer ,80
\nJerry Allison, Rock musician (Buddy Holly and the Crickets), 76
\nVan Morrison, Rock singer, musician, 70
\nItzhak Perlman, Violinist, 70
\nGlenn Tilbrook, Rock singer, (Squeeze) 58
\nDeborah Gibson, Singer, actress, 45
\nQueen Rania, Wife of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, 45
\nChris Tucker, Actor, 43
\nSara Ramirez, Actress (“Grey’s Anatomy”), 40
\nLarry Fitzgerald, Football player, 32
\nNew York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin turns 69 years old today.<\/p>\n

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