Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent – Chicago Tribune
Today is Sunday, August 31, the 243rd day of 2025. There are 122 days in the year.
Today in history:
On August 31, 1962, the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago became independent of British colonial domination.
Also on this date:
In 1881, the first American tennis championships (for men only) started in Newport, Rhode Island.
In 1886, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude up to 7.3 Charleston devastated, South Carolina, killing at least 60 people.
In 1980, the solidarity work movement of Poland was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk which ended a 17 -day strike.
In 1992, the white separatist Randy Weaver went to the Idaho authorities, ending an 11 -day seat by federal agents who had cost the wife, son and an assistant American marshal.
In 1994, Russia officially put an end to its military presence in ancient East Germany and the Baltics after half a century.
In 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car in which she was driving in Paris; His partner Dodi Fayed and the driver Henri Paul (who would have been intoxicated at the time of the accident) also died.
In 2006, Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream” was recovered by the Norwegian authorities after being stolen nine days earlier.
In 2010, President Barack Obama announced the end of the combat mission in the United States in Iraq, declaring any victory after seven years of bloodshed and saying to those who divided war in his country and in the world: “It is time to turn the page.”
In 2019, a shooter carried out a shooting outburst which extended over ten miles between the Midland and Odessa Texas communities, leaving seven people who died before the police kills the shooter outside a cinema in Odessa.
Birthdays today: the World Golf Hall of Famer Isao Aoki is 83 years old. Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 80 years old. The singer Van Morrison is 80 years old. Rock musician Rudolf Schenker (The Scorpions) is 77 years old. Actor Richard Gere is 76 years old. 70. Rock singer Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) is 68 years old. The rock musician Gina Schock (The Go-Go) is 68 years old. The singer-songwriter Deborah Gibson is 55 years old. Queen Rania de Jordan is 55. Golfer Padraig Harrington is 54. All-Star Jalen Brunson is 29 years old.
