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The Really Small Bad Day Almanac: August 31

1886: Sixty people die in an earthquake centered in Charleston, South Carolina.
1886: In London, Mary Ann Nichols becomes the first person to die at the hands of Jack the Ripper.
1986: Eighty-two people die when an Aero Mexico airliner collides with a Piper Cherokee over Cerritos, California.
1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris.


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