Page 7: Historical Events In August - 09

1972  Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States   

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

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

1975  Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68 on August - 09.   

1976  On August - 09 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  On this day in history edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75   

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

1979  On August - 09 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1990  Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies on August - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

2017  Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest on August - 09.   

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  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

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

1611  On August - 09 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  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on August - 09.   

1653  On this day in history 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 frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)   

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1048  On August - 09 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 this day in history.   

1250  Death of King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) on August - 09.   

1420  On this day in history pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies