Historical Events In August - 09

1972  On August - 09 bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53   

1973  USSR launches Mars 7 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings   

1973  Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1974  Gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres   

1975  On August - 09 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7   

1975  Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1976  USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth on August - 09.   

1976  Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan on August - 09.   

1976  Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65 on August - 09.   

1977  Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75 on August - 09.   

1978  On this day in history james G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74   

1979  Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1980  On August - 09 elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies   

1982  On this day in history aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies   

1986  On August - 09 joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77   

1987  On August - 09 kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55   

1988  Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions on this day in history.   

1988  Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85 on August - 09.   

1990  12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia on August - 09.   

1990  On this day in history dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies   

1991  On this day in history corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies   

1992  25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain on August - 09.   

1992  On August - 09 christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30   

1993  On this day in history mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54   

2005  Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight." on this day in history.   

2007  The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27 on August - 09.   

2012  The death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70 on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history 8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan   

2017  Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest on this day in history.   

2017  North Korea says it plans to fire rockets on US territory Guam in continuing escalation of tension between it and the US on this day in history.   

2017  Nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018) on this day in history.   

2018  On August - 09 saudi-led air coalition strikes a school bus in Sada Province, Yemen, killing 43, many of them children   

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

1593  On this day in history birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on August - 09.   

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

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

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on August - 09.   

1674  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies   

1048  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on August - 09.   

1107  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on this day in history.   

1173  On this day in history death of najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin   

1250  On this day in history death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)   

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