Page 7: Historical Events In August - 09

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

1973  On this day in history uSSR launches Mars 7   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 09 uSSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth   

1976  On August - 09 clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan   

1976  Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65 on August - 09.   

1977  On August - 09 edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75   

1978  On this day in history 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  Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1987  Kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55 on August - 09.   

1988  On this day in history edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions   

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

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 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 August - 09.   

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 August - 09 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  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on August - 09.   

0117  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on August - 09.