Page 8: 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  Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93 on September - 08.   

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

1996  Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102 on September - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square on this day in history.   

2018  Archaeologists uncover more than 300 gold coins from late imperial period from theatre in Como, Italy on this day in history.   

2019  Estimated 1 million attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar on September - 08.   

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   

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

2023  On September - 08 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 September - 08 birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)   

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

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

1380  On September - 08 birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

1474  On September - 08 birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)   

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

0394  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on September - 08.   

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 September - 08.   

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

1397  Death of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester on September - 08.   

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

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