Historical Events In September - 08

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

1994  On September - 08 a US Air 737 jetliner crashes during final approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.  

1994  On September - 08 arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93  

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 September - 08.  

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

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

2014  Marin ÄŒilić wins the US Open men's tennis singles on September - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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

2019  On this day in history 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  

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

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 September - 08.  

0828  On this day in history birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)  

1157  On this day in history 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  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.  

1380  On this day in history birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint  

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

0780  On this day in history leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies  

0876  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1397  On this day in history death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.  

1425  On this day in history death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)  

1539  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on this day in history.