Page 9: Historical Events In August - 01

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

1985  Frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia on this day in history.   

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

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

1986  Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73 on this day in history.   

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 August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history 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 August - 01.   

1990  On August - 01 iraq invades & occupies Kuwait   

1990  Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies on this day in history.   

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  Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched on this day in history.   

1991  Stuart Wilson, actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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 August - 01 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 August - 01.   

1996  John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 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  On August - 01 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  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.   

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

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

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  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.   

1402  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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