Historical Events In September - 08

1993  Hall Bartlett, US director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70 on September - 08.  

1994  A US Air 737 jetliner crashes during final approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board on this day in history.  

1994  Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93 on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73  

1996  On this day in history elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102  

1998  On this day in history st. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' single-season home run record by hitting number 62 during a game against the Chicago Cubs.  

2007  On this day in history over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys.  

2012  On this day in history 6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan  

2013  On September - 08 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City  

2014  On September - 08 marin ÄŒilić wins the US Open men's tennis singles  

2018  On September - 08 uS Open Women's Tennis: Naomi Osaka first Japanese female to win a Grand Slam singles final; beats Serena Williams in controversial match 6-2, 6-4  

2018  On September - 08 egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square  

2018  On September - 08 archaeologists uncover more than 300 gold coins from late imperial period from theatre in Como, Italy  

2019  On September - 08 estimated 1 million attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar  

2019  US Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal defeats Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to win his 19th Grand Slam singles title, and 4th US crown on this day in history.  

2021  On September - 08 uS Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%) [1]  

2021  Large statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee removed from plinth on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia on September - 08.  

2023  On this day in history marrakesh–Safi earthquake: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Marrakesh–Safi province in western Morocco, killing at least 2,960 people and damaging historic buildings.  

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0801  On this day in history birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)  

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.  

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on September - 08.  

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on this day in history.  

1271  On this day in history birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)  

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on September - 08.  

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on September - 08.  

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on September - 08.  

0394  On September - 08 death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide  

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on September - 08.  

0780  On September - 08 leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies  

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on September - 08.  

1397  On September - 08 death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.  

1425  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on September - 08.  

1539  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on September - 08.