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

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

1974  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  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.  

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

1980  Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1987  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight."  

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

2012  On August - 09 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on August - 09.  

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  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on August - 09.  

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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  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  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on August - 09.  

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