Historical Events In August - 09

1972  Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history uSSR launches Mars 7   

1973  Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings on this day in history.   

1973  On August - 09 charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88   

1974  On this day in history gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States   

1974  On this day in history richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres   

1975  On this day in history 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7   

1975  Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68 on August - 09.   

1976  On August - 09 uSSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth   

1976  Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65   

1977  Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75 on August - 09.   

1978  James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74 on August - 09.   

1979  Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1980  Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies on August - 09.   

1982  Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77   

1987  On this day in history kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55   

1988  Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85   

1990  12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia on August - 09.   

1990  Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies on August - 09.   

1991  Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies on August - 09.   

1992  25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain on August - 09.   

1992  On August - 09 christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30   

1993  Mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54 on August - 09.   

2005  Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight." on this day in history.   

2007  On August - 09 the Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27.   

2012  On this day in history the death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70   

2013  8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan on August - 09.   

2017  Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history north Korea says it plans to fire rockets on US territory Guam in continuing escalation of tension between it and the US   

2017  Nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018) on August - 09.   

2018  Saudi-led air coalition strikes a school bus in Sada Province, Yemen, killing 43, many of them children on August - 09.   

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on August - 09.   

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on August - 09.   

1611  On this day in history birth of henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth   

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on August - 09.   

1669  On this day in history birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)   

1674  On August - 09 birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)   

0117  On August - 09 death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)   

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.   

0803  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on this day in history.   

1048  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on this day in history.   

1107  On August - 09 death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)   

1173  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on August - 09.   

1250  On this day in history death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)   

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.