August 31. 'Navigable Balloon' is patented by Count Von Zeppelin in 1895.

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August 31, 1895.   'Navigable Balloon' is patented by Count Von Zeppelin.

The Zeppelin 'Hindenburg' successfully lands in New Jersey, one year before its famous disaster.

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August 31. Ray Dandridge is born in 1913.

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August 30. Ted Williams is born in 1918.