Page 9: Historical Events In August - 01

1985  On August - 01 5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo   

1985  Frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia on August - 01.   

1985  On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-209   

1985  On August - 01 joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92   

1986  On August - 01 willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73   

1987  Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada on this day in history.   

1987  Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) on August - 01.   

1987  On August - 01 mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champion   

1987  On August - 01 benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70   

1988  One-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo   

1988  On August - 01 raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50   

1988  System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) on August - 01.   

1988  Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 on August - 01.   

1989  On this day in history nASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 & 1989 N24   

1989  On August - 01 john Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1990  Ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV on August - 01.   

1990  IBM gets out of typewriter business on August - 01.   

1990  On August - 01 iraq invades & occupies Kuwait   

1990  On August - 01 norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies   

1991  Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida on August - 01.   

1991  Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA on this day in history.   

1991  On August - 01 space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched   

1991  On August - 01 stuart Wilson, actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87   

1992  Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

1993  On August - 01 alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81   

1994  NASDAQ computers crash - squirrel caused power outage on August - 01.   

1994  George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85 on August - 01.   

1995  On August - 01 loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies   

1996  On this day in history john Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75   

1997  On August - 01 boeing buys out McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion   

1997  Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies on August - 01.   

2007  On August - 01 scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations.   

2007  The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge on I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota between University Avenue and Washington Avenue collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part of rush hour, killing 13 people on August - 01.   

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.   

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.   

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.   

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)