It happenned on a… August, 31st

62nd Venice Film Festival: “Brokeback Mountain” directed by Ang Lee wins Golden Lion.

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

Pentium computer beats world chess champ Garry Kasparov.

Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Cleveland, Ohio on WNCX 98.5 FM.

East and West Germany signed a treaty that meant the harmonizing of political and legal systems.

Great Britain’s Princess Anne and Mark Phillips announced that they were separating. The marriage was 16 years old.

1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf.

Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope [kinetographic camera], a device which produces moving pictures.

German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.

Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.