125px|The Don Valley Parkway

The Don Valley Parkway is a controlled-access six-lane municipal expressway in Toronto connecting the Gardiner Expressway with Highway 401. North of Highway 401, it continues as Highway 404 to Newmarket. The parkway runs through the parklands of the Don River valley, after which it is named. It was the second expressway to be built by Metropolitan Toronto (Metro). Planning began in 1954, the year of Metro's formation. The first section opened on August 31, 1961, and the final section on November 17, 1966. The parkway operates well beyond its intended capacity of 60,000 vehicles per day and is known for daily traffic jams; some sections carry an average of 100,000 vehicles a day. Planned as part of a larger expressway network within Toronto, it was one of the few expressways built before the public opposition which cancelled many of the others. (more...)

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1056:

After a sudden illness a few days prior, Byzantine Empress Theodora died without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_%2811th_century%29

1888:

Mary Ann Nichols' body was found on the ground in front of a gated stable entrance in Buck's Row, London, allegedly the first victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper

1959:

A parcel bomb sent by Ngo Dinh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, failed to kill Sihanouk of Cambodia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Nhu

1982:

Anti-government demonstrations were held in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_31%2C_1982_demonstrations_in_Poland

1997:

Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul were killed in a high speed car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales

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