Historical Events In August - 01

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

1985  On this day in history frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia  

1985  NASA launches space vehicle S-209 on August - 01.  

1985  Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 on this day in history.  

1986  On August - 01 willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73  

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

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 this day in history benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70  

1988  On this day in history one-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon  

1988  On August - 01 raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo  

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

1988  On this day in history system Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC)  

1988  Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 on August - 01.  

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  On August - 01 john Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52  

1990  Ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV on August - 01.  

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  Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida on this day in history.  

1991  On August - 01 hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA  

1991  On August - 01 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 August - 01.  

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

1994  On August - 01 george Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85  

1995  On this day in history loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies  

1996  On August - 01 john Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75  

1997  On this day in history 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  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 August - 01.  

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

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.  

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.  

1520  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 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  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.  

1190  On August - 01 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  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)