Page 7: Historical Events In September - 12
Wednesday, 08 April 2026
1965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana results in the deaths of 75 

1966 "The Monkees,"premier on NBC. 

1966 Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight. 

1970 USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility 

1971 Lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63. 

1972 Two British trawlers sunk by Icelandic gunboats during the 'cod war' 

1972 William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77. 

1973 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77 

1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day). 

1977 Robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) 

1978 Frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69 

1979 Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies 

1980 Military coup in Turkey 

1980 Lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 

1982 Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89 

1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million 

1983 USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane 

1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident 

1985 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds 

1986 240.49 million shares traded in the NY Stock Exchange 

1986 US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut. 

1986 Frank Nelson, actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75. 

1987 John Qualen, actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies 

1988 Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 

1988 Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78 

1989 Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37 

1990 Full sovereignity handed back to the newly unified German state 

1990 US, England, France, USSR, East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing the 2 Germanys to merge 

1990 Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101 

1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched 

1991 Jacques Benoit, [JJM Bayer], poet, dies 

1992 Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60 

1993 Charles Lamont, actor/director (Abbott and Costello movies), dies at 95 

1994 Boris B Yegorov, Russian doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56. 

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