Historical Events In September - 08

1993  Hall Bartlett, US director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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  On September - 08 elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102  

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 this day in history.  

2007  On September - 08 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 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  On September - 08 archaeologists uncover more than 300 gold coins from late imperial period from theatre in Como, Italy  

2019  On this day in history estimated 1 million attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar  

2019  On September - 08 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  

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on September - 08.  

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on September - 08.  

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on this day in history.  

1207  On this day in history birth of sancho II, king of Portugal  

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.  

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on this day in history.  

1474  On this day in history birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)  

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  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on September - 08.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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