Tag today in world history august 31

August 31st in World History:

• 1828 - The United States and Russia sign the Treaty of Saint Petersburg, which establishes the border between the United States and Russian America (now Alaska).
• 1862 - The USS Cairo, a Union ironclad warship, sinks in the Yazoo River during the American Civil War.
• 1918 - The German Revolution begins, with the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the establishment of a republic.
• 1930 - The first diesel-powered ship, the SS Notopel, is launched in Germany.
• 1947 - The Indian Independence Act comes into effect, dividing British India into the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan.
• 1963 - The United States and the Soviet Union agree to establish a direct telephone line between Washington, D.C. and Moscow.
• 1974 - The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Threshold Test Ban Treaty, which bans nuclear tests above a certain yield.
• 1997 - The United States and North Korea sign the Agreed Framework, which aims to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons.
• 2012 - The United States and Russia sign the New START treaty, which reduces the number of nuclear weapons each country can possess.

Other notable events on August 31st:

• 1886 - The first commercial electric streetlights are installed in Wabash, Indiana, USA.
• 1905 - The first underground line of the Paris Metro opens.
• 1928 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1964 - The Beatles release their album "A Hard Day's Night".
• 1985 - The first mobile phone call is made in the United Kingdom.

I hope you find these events interesting!