Historical Events In September - 09

1971  On September - 09 billy Gilbert, US actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76  

1973  Samuel N Behrman, US stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80 on September - 09.  

1974  Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer, dies at 55 on September - 09.  

1975  Czech tennis player Martina Navratilova defects to the West on September - 09.  

1975  On September - 09 the United States launch the Viking 2 spacecraft to Mars  

1975  On September - 09 viking 2 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing  

1975  Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97 on September - 09.  

1976  On September - 09 chinese leader Mao Tse Tung dies in Beijing at age 82.  

1976  On September - 09 mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82  

1977  On September - 09 john Breeden, actor (Madame Racketeer, Salute), dies at 73  

1978  Jack L Warner, US movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86) on September - 09.  

1979  At age 16, Tracy Austin becomes the youngest player ever to win the US Open women's tennis title on this day in history.  

1979  On September - 09 john McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis, for the US Open Tennis title  

1979  On September - 09 sid Bernstein offers $« billion for a Beatle reunion  

1979  Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque on September - 09.  

1979  Solon Michaelides, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1981  Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs & 0-13), dies on September - 09.  

1982  Columbia mated with SRBs &external tank in preparation for STS-5 on this day in history.  

1982  On this day in history conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight  

1982  On this day in history former movie star Princess Grace of Monaco dies from injuries suffered from an earlier car accident.  

1982  On September - 09 frederic Dannay, [Ellery Queen], US, detective writer, dies at 76  

1983  Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas on this day in history.  

1983  Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (the Coco2) on this day in history.  

1983  On September - 09 vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player  

1984  John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl, for the US Open Tennis title on September - 09.  

1984  Walter Kaufmann, composer, dies at 77 on September - 09.  

1986  On September - 09 nYC jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet UN employee) of spying  

1986  The first colorized classic movie (computerized color added to an originally black and white movie) appears on Ted Turner's WTBS "Superstation" in Atlanta, GA on September - 09.  

1987  Gary Hart admits to cheating on his wife on "Nightline" on this day in history.  

1987  On September - 09 gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered  

1988  On this day in history uS swamps New Zealand at 27th America`s Cup NZ set to appeal  

1988  US swamps New Zealand at 27th America`s Cup: NZ set to appeal on this day in history.  

1989  Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratalova for the US Open championship on September - 09.  

1989  Tim Hovey, actor (Slim Carter, Man Afraid), dies of a drug overdose on September - 09.  

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0214  Aurelian, Roman Emperor (d. 275) was born on this day in history.  

1349  On September - 09 birth of duke Albert III of Austria (d. 1395)  

1427  On this day in history birth of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (d. 1464)  

1466  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)  

1558  On this day in history birth of philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602)  

1583  Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer was born on September - 09.  

1585  On this day in history birth of armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France (1624-42)  

1618  On September - 09 birth of joan Cererols, composer  

0546  On September - 09 death of st. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Irish bishop  

1000  Death of Olaf I of Norway on this day in history.  

1087  William I, The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy, dies on this day in history.  

1398  On this day in history death of king James I of Cyprus (b. 1334)  

1438  On September - 09 eduard [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/writer, dies  

1487  Death of Chenghua, Emperor of China (b. 1447) on September - 09.  

1488  On this day in history francois II of Bretagne, dies  

1513  On this day in history james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40