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Aug 31 in history: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope and more

1897
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1897

Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, a device that produces moving pictures

1957
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1957

The Federation of Malaya (Malaysia) gains its independence from the UK

1988
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1988

Bomb attack on the office of South Africa Council of Churches

1997
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1997

Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris

2016
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2016

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office