Historical Events In August - 09

1972  Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53 on August - 09.   

1973  USSR launches Mars 7 on August - 09.   

1973  Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings on August - 09.   

1973  On August - 09 charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88   

1974  Gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States on August - 09.   

1974  On August - 09 richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres   

1975  On August - 09 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7   

1975  Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68 on August - 09.   

1976  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth   

1976  Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65   

1977  On this day in history edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75   

1978  James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74 on August - 09.   

1979  On August - 09 allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64   

1980  Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies on August - 09.   

1982  On this day in history aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies   

1986  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55   

1988  Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions on August - 09.   

1988  Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85 on August - 09.   

1990  On August - 09 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia   

1990  On this day in history dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies   

1991  Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1992  On August - 09 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain   

1992  On this day in history christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30   

1993  Mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54 on this day in history.   

2005  Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight." on August - 09.   

2007  On this day in history the Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27.   

2012  On this day in history the death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70   

2013  On August - 09 8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan   

2017  Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history north Korea says it plans to fire rockets on US territory Guam in continuing escalation of tension between it and the US   

2017  On August - 09 nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018)   

2018  On this day in history saudi-led air coalition strikes a school bus in Sada Province, Yemen, killing 43, many of them children   

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1201  On this day in history birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on this day in history.   

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On August - 09 birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)   

1669  On August - 09 birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)   

1674  On this day in history birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)   

0117  On this day in history death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)   

0378  On August - 09 flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50   

0803  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on August - 09.   

1048  On this day in history pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days   

1107  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on August - 09.   

1173  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on this day in history.   

1250  On this day in history death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)   

1420  On August - 09 pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies