Historical Events In August - 01

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

1985  Frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia on August - 01.  

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

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  Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada on this day in history.  

1987  On August - 01 michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)  

1987  On this day in history 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  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 August - 01 raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50  

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

1988  On August - 01 florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86  

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

1989  On this day in history john Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52  

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

1990  On this day in history iBM gets out of typewriter business  

1990  On this day in history iraq invades & occupies Kuwait  

1990  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

1991  Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched on August - 01.  

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

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

1993  On August - 01 alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81  

1994  On this day in history nASDAQ computers crash - squirrel caused power outage  

1994  George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85 on August - 01.  

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

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

1997  Boeing buys out McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion on August - 01.  

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

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

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

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

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

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

1402  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)  

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)