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

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

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

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

1988  On August - 01 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 August - 01.   

1988  System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) on August - 01.   

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

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

1990  On this day in history 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 August - 01.   

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

1991  On August - 01 space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched   

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 this day in history.   

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

1995  On August - 01 loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies   

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

1997  Boeing buys out McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion on this day in history.   

1997  Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies on August - 01.   

2007  On August - 01 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  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 01 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  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  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

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  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

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