Page 7: Historical Events In August - 09

1972  On this day in history bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53   

1973  On this day in history uSSR launches Mars 7   

1973  Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings on August - 09.   

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 August - 09.   

1974  Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres on August - 09.   

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

1975  On August - 09 dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1979  Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64 on August - 09.   

1980  On this day in history elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies   

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

1986  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 August - 09.   

1988  Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1990  On August - 09 dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies   

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

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

1992  Christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2017  On this day in history nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018)   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

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

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on August - 09.   

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

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

0117  On August - 09 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 August - 09.