Historical Events In September - 08

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

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

1994  Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93 on September - 08.  

1995  On September - 08 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  Over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys on this day in history.  

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

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

2014  Marin ÄŒilić wins the US Open men's tennis singles on this day in history.  

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2018  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 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 September - 08.  

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

1207  On September - 08 birth of sancho II, king of Portugal  

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on September - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On September - 08 lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72  

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.