Page 6: Historical Events In August - 09

1949  On this day in history the first use in the United States of a pilot-ejection seat for an emergency escape, was made by Lieutenant J. L. Fruin of VF-171 from an F2H-1 Banshee while making over 500 knots in the vicinity of Walterboro, S.C.   

1949  Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy & Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1950  On August - 09 lusty Song wins Hambletonian   

1951  Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history general strike against overtime conscription in Belgium   

1953  On August - 09 premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, fired   

1955  On this day in history marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57   

1956  On August - 09 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama   

1957  24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000) on August - 09.   

1958  On August - 09 felipe Boero, composer, dies at 74   

1959  Emil Frantisek Burian, composer, dies at 55 on August - 09.   

1960  On August - 09 race riot in Jacksonville Florida   

1961  On August - 09 james B Parsons is first black appointed to Federal District Court   

1961  On August - 09 james B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court   

1961  Walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1962  Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85 on August - 09.   

1963  Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 09 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands   

1965  On August - 09 singapore gains independence from Malaysia   

1965  Singapore independence on August - 09.   

1965  Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die on August - 09.   

1965  On August - 09 creighton Hale, silent film actor (Cat & Canary), dies at 83   

1966  On this day in history gosta Nystroem, composer, dies at 75   

1967  Biafran offensive against Nigerian army on this day in history.   

1967  Anton Walbrook, actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of heart attack at 66 on this day in history.   

1968  On August - 09 yugoslav president Tito visits Prague   

1969  Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history "Zorba" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 305 performances   

1969  Abigail Folger, US, coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered on this day in history.   

1970  On August - 09 peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes   

1970  On August - 09 jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open   

1971  On August - 09 le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame   

1972  Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct the Space Shuttle on this day in history.   

1972  Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle on this day in history.   

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on August - 09.   

1593  On August - 09 birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

1611  On August - 09 birth of henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth   

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on August - 09.   

1648  On August - 09 birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

1653  On August - 09 birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)   

1669  On this day in history birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)   

1674  On this day in history birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)   

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on August - 09.   

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.   

0803  On August - 09 irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies   

1048  On August - 09 pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days   

1107  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on August - 09.   

1173  On August - 09 death of najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin   

1250  Death of King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) on this day in history.   

1420  On this day in history pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies