On August 31st in US Political History
Part II
Part II
On August 31st in 1886 An earthquake rocked Charleston, S.C., killing 60 people, according to the US Geological Survey.
On August 31st in 1887 Thomas A. Edison received a patent for his "Kinetoscope" - a device which produced moving pictures.
On August 31st in 1935 The act of exporting U.S. arms to belligerents was prohibited by an act signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
On August 31st in 1940 US National Guard assembled.
On August 31st in 1949 Six of the 16 surviving Union veterans of the Civil War attended the last-ever encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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