Historical Events In August - 01

1985  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70   

1988  On August - 01 one-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon   

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 this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history 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 August - 01 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  Ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV on this day in history.   

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

1990  Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait on August - 01.   

1990  Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies on August - 01.   

1991  Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida on August - 01.   

1991  Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA on August - 01.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1995  Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies on August - 01.   

1996  John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75 on August - 01.   

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

1997  On this day in history ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies   

2007  Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  On August - 01 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 August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

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

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

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

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.   

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.   

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

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.