Page 7: 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 August - 09 henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings   

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

1974  On August - 09 gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States   

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  On this day in history dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68   

1976  On August - 09 uSSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth   

1976  On this day in history clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan   

1976  On this day in history jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65   

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

1978  On August - 09 james G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74   

1979  On this day in history allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64   

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

1982  Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies on August - 09.   

1986  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77 on August - 09.   

1987  Kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85   

1990  12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia on this day in history.   

1990  Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies on this day in history.   

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

1992  On this day in history 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain   

1992  Christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30 on August - 09.   

1993  Mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54 on August - 09.   

2005  On August - 09 space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight."   

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

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

2013  8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan on August - 09.   

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

2017  On August - 09 north Korea says it plans to fire rockets on US territory Guam in continuing escalation of tension between it and the US   

2017  Nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018) on August - 09.   

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  On this day in history birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

1593  On August - 09 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  On August - 09 birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on August - 09.   

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.   

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

1674  On August - 09 birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)   

0117  On this day in history death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)   

0378  On this day in history flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50   

0803  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on August - 09.   

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

1107  On August - 09 death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)   

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  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.