Historical timeline for August 31

An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills over 1400 people.

A landslide in the Darfur region of Sudan kills over 1000 people.

A helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 occupants.

A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

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

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

The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.

Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, makes landfall, killing at least 236 people.

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

The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.

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

Saddam Hussein's troops seize Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.

Argentina abolishes conscription after months of social backlash over the murder of a conscript.

Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.

Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.

Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

CAAC Flight 301 overshoots the runway at Kai Tak Airport and crashes into Kowloon Bay, killing seven people.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.

Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.

Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.