Page 9: Historical Events In August - 01

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

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

1985  On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-209   

1985  Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1987  On August - 01 mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champion   

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

1988  One-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50   

1988  On August - 01 system Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC)   

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

1989  On this day in history nASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 & 1989 N24   

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

1990  On this day in history 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 August - 01 norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies   

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

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

1991  On this day in history space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched   

1991  Stuart Wilson, actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87 on August - 01.   

1992  Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1994  NASDAQ computers crash - squirrel caused power outage on August - 01.   

1994  George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

2007  On this day in history scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations.   

2007  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

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

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.   

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

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

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

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)