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  On September - 08 arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93  

1995  Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1996  Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102 on this day in history.  

1998  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 on September - 08.  

2007  On September - 08 over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys.  

2012  6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan on September - 08.  

2013  On this day in history 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City  

2014  On this day in history marin Čilić 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 this day in history egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square  

2018  Archaeologists uncover more than 300 gold coins from late imperial period from theatre in Como, Italy on September - 08.  

2019  Estimated 1 million attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar on this day in history.  

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 this day in history uS Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%) [1]  

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

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on this day in history.  

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

1157  On September - 08 birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)  

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

1271  On September - 08 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  On September - 08 birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)  

1515  On September - 08 birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)  

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

0701  On this day in history sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies  

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 September - 08.  

1100  On this day in history clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies  

1397  Death of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester on this day in history.  

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

1539  On this day in history death of john Stokesley, English churchman