Page 7: Historical Events In August - 09

1972  Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53 on August - 09.   

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 August - 09.   

1974  Gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States on August - 09.   

1974  On August - 09 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 August - 09 dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68   

1976  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth   

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

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  James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74 on August - 09.   

1979  On August - 09 allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64   

1980  Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies on August - 09.   

1982  Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On August - 09 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 August - 09.   

1991  Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 09.   

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 August - 09.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 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  On August - 09 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 this day in history.   

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.