Historical Events In August - 01

1985  On this day in history 5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo  

1985  Frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia on this day in history.  

1985  NASA launches space vehicle S-209 on this day in history.  

1985  On August - 01 joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92  

1986  Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73 on August - 01.  

1987  On August - 01 crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada  

1987  Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) on this day in history.  

1987  Mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champion on this day in history.  

1987  On August - 01 benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70  

1988  On August - 01 one-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon  

1988  Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo on August - 01.  

1988  Raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1988  System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) on August - 01.  

1988  On this day in history florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86  

1989  NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 & 1989 N24 on August - 01.  

1989  John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52 on August - 01.  

1990  On August - 01 ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV  

1990  IBM gets out of typewriter business on August - 01.  

1990  On August - 01 iraq invades & occupies Kuwait  

1990  On this day in history norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies  

1991  Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida on August - 01.  

1991  Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA on this day in history.  

1991  On August - 01 space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched  

1991  On this day in history stuart Wilson, actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87  

1992  On this day in history chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72  

1993  Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 on this day in history.  

1994  On August - 01 nASDAQ computers crash - squirrel caused power outage  

1994  On this day in history george Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85  

1995  Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies on August - 01.  

1996  John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1997  Boeing buys out McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion on this day in history.  

1997  Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies on this day in history.  

2007  Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations on August - 01.  

2007  The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge on I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota between University Avenue and Washington Avenue collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part of rush hour, killing 13 people on this day in history.  

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.  

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.  

1377  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)  

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.  

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.  

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)  

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.  

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.  

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.  

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.