Historical Events In September - 08

1993  Hall Bartlett, US director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1994  On September - 08 a US Air 737 jetliner crashes during final approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.   

1994  Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93 on September - 08.   

1995  On September - 08 eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73   

1996  Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102 on this day in history.   

1998  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 on September - 08.   

2007  On September - 08 over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys.   

2012  6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City   

2014  On September - 08 marin ÄŒilić wins the US Open men's tennis singles   

2018  On this day in history 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   

2018  On this day in history egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square   

2018  On this day in history archaeologists uncover more than 300 gold coins from late imperial period from theatre in Como, Italy   

2019  Estimated 1 million attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar on this day in history.   

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  US Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%) [1] on September - 08.   

2021  Large statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee removed from plinth on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia on September - 08.   

2023  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 on September - 08.   

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0801  On September - 08 birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)   

0828  On this day in history birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)   

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on this day in history.   

1207  On September - 08 birth of sancho II, king of Portugal   

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.   

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on this day in history.   

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on September - 08.   

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

0394  On September - 08 death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide   

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on September - 08.   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on this day in history.   

0876  On this day in history lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72   

1100  On September - 08 clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies   

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