Historical Events In August - 01

1985  On August - 01 5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo  

1985  On August - 01 frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia  

1985  On August - 01 nASA launches space vehicle S-209  

1985  On this day in history joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92  

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

1987  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

1987  Mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champion on August - 01.  

1987  Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70 on August - 01.  

1988  One-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon on August - 01.  

1988  On this day in history raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo  

1988  Raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 on August - 01.  

1988  System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) on this day in history.  

1988  Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV  

1990  IBM gets out of typewriter business on this day in history.  

1990  On August - 01 iraq invades & occupies Kuwait  

1990  On August - 01 norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies  

1991  On August - 01 actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida  

1991  On this day in history hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA  

1991  Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched on this day in history.  

1991  On August - 01 stuart Wilson, actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87  

1992  Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72 on August - 01.  

1993  On this day in history alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81  

1994  NASDAQ computers crash - squirrel caused power outage on this day in history.  

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

1995  Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history john Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75  

1997  On August - 01 boeing buys out McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion  

1997  On August - 01 ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies  

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

2007  On August - 01 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.  

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

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

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)  

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

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.  

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

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

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.  

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

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.  

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.  

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on this day in history.  

1457  On August - 01 laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.  

1541  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)