Historical Events In August - 09

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

1973  USSR launches Mars 7 on August - 09.  

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

1973  On August - 09 charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88  

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

1974  Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres on this day in history.  

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

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  On August - 09 jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65  

1977  On this day in history edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75  

1978  James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74 on August - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 09.  

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

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

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

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

1993  On August - 09 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  On August - 09 the Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27.  

2012  On this day in history the death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70  

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 August - 09 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 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  On this day in history birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)  

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

1611  On this day in history birth of henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth  

1631  On August - 09 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  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 františek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)  

0117  On August - 09 death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)  

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on August - 09.  

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

1048  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on this day in history.  

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

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.