Page 8: Historical Events In September - 01

1976  NASA launches space vehicle S-197.   

1976  Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), steps down (scandal with Elizabeth Ray).   

1977  1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold.   

1977  Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76.   

1978  Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia.   

1978  Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, dies at 33   

1979  Debbie Boone and Gabriel Ferrer wed in LA.   

1979  LA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask   

1979  Pioneer 11 is recorded as becoming the inaugural spacecraft to flyby the planet Saturn.   

1979  Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings.   

1979  Doris Kenyon, silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton), dies at 81.   

1981  Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH)   

1981  Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76   

1982  Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH.   

1982  Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon   

1982  Clifford M Curzon, England, pianist, dies at 75.   

1983  A Soviet fighter plane downs a KAL Boeing 747 jumbo jet that veered 100 miles into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people aboard.   

1983  Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet.   

1983  Henry "Scoop" Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71   

1984  Howland Chamberlin, actor (Force of Evil, Pickup), dies at 73.   

1985  After 73 years the wreck of the 'Titanic' is are discovered by Dr Robert Ballard   

1985  US-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland.   

1986  In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album   

1986  Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 63.   

1988  Leonor Sullivan, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1955-77), dies at 86.   

1989  Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti dies of a heart attack at age 51.   

1989  Princess Anne and Mark Phillips announce their seperation.   

1989  A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51   

1991  Mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30   

1992  Morris Carnovsky, US actor (Dead Reckoning), dies at 94.   

1993  Gerben Wagenaar, resistance fighter/communist, dies at 80   

1994  Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, bishop, dies at 88   

1995  Opening ceremonies for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame take place in Cleveland, OH.   

1995  Elizabeth Brown, minister healer/writer, dies at 32.   

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1286  Elisabeth richeza of poland: Queen of poland   

1453  Gonzalo fernández de córdoba: Spanish general   

1529  Taddeo zuccari: Italian painter   

1549  Charles philip of croij: Marquis of havre/earl of fontenoy, etc   

1566  Edward alleyn: English actor   

1588  Henry ii: Prince of condé, french nobleman   

1608  Giacomo torelli: Composer   

1651  Nataliya kyrillovna naryshkina: Tsaritsa of russia   

1067  Boudouin v: Earl of flanders/guardian of king of france,   

1159  Adrian iv: [nicole breakspear], only english pope (1154-59),   

1215  Otto van gelre: Son of otto i/earl-elect of utrecht   

1256  Kujo yoritsune: Japanese shogun (b. 1218)   

1406  Johanna: Duchess of brabant/limburg (joyful entry),   

1414  Death of William de ros: 7th baron de ros, lord treasurer of england (b. 1369)   

1557  Death of Jacques cartier: French explorer,   

1581  Guru ram das: Fourth sikh guru (b. 1534)