Page 7: Historical Events In September - 09

1975  Czech tennis player Martina Navratilova defects to the West   

1975  The United States launch the Viking 2 spacecraft to Mars.   

1975  Viking 2 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing   

1975  Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97.   

1976  Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung dies in Beijing at age 82   

1976  Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82   

1977  John Breeden, actor (Madame Racketeer, Salute), dies at 73.   

1978  Jack L Warner, US movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86).   

1979  At age 16, Tracy Austin is recorded as becoming the youngest player ever to win the US Open women's tennis title.   

1979  John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis, for the US Open Tennis title.   

1979  Sid Bernstein offers $« billion for a Beatle reunion.   

1979  Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque.   

1979  Solon Michaelides, composer, dies at 73   

1981  Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs and 0-13), dies   

1982  Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank in preparation for STS-5.   

1982  Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight.   

1982  Former movie star Princess Grace of Monaco dies from injuries suffered from an earlier car accident.   

1982  Frederic Dannay, [Ellery Queen], US, detective writer, dies at 76   

1983  Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas   

1983  Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (the Coco2).   

1983  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.   

1984  Walter Kaufmann, composer, dies at 77.   

1986  NYC jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet UN employee) of spying   

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

1987  Gary Hart admits to cheating on his wife on "Nightline".   

1987  Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered.   

1988  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   

1989  Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratalova for the US Open championship   

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

1990  Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait   

1990  Rimantas Antanas Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46   

1991  Edwin M McMillan, US, chemist (neptunium, plutonium, Nobel 1951), dies   

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0214  Aurelian: Roman emperor   

1349  Duke albert iii of austria: Duke albert iii of austria (d. 1395)   

1427  Thomas de ros: 10th baron de ros, english politician   

1466  Ashikaga yoshitane: Japanese shogun   

1558  Philippe emmanuel: Duke of mercoeur, french soldier   

1583  Girolamo frescobaldi: Composer   

1585  Armand-jean du plessicide de richelieu: Premier of france (1624-42)   

1618  Joan cererols: Composer   

0546  Death of St. ciarán of clonmacnoise: Irish bishop   

1000  Death of Olaf i of norway: Olaf i of norway   

1087  William i: The conqueror, king of england/duke of normandy,   

1398  Death of King james i of cyprus: King james i of cyprus (b. 1334)   

1438  Eduard [dom duarte]: King of portugal (1433-38)/writer,   

1487  Chenghua: Emperor of china (b. 1447)   

1488  Death of Francois ii of bretagne:   

1513  James iv: King of scotland (1488-1513),