This Day in History for August 31 – Princess Diana Dies and More
1803 – Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the West (More info)
1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his first victim (More info)
1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector (More info)
1955 – William G. Cobb from General Motors demonstrates the world's first solar-powered car (More info)
1997 – Princess Diana is killed in a Paris car crash (More info)