Page 7: Historical Events In August - 09

1972  On this day in history bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53   

1973  USSR launches Mars 7 on August - 09.   

1973  Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings on August - 09.   

1973  Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1974  Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres on August - 09.   

1975  On August - 09 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7   

1975  Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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 August - 09.   

1976  On August - 09 jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65   

1977  On this day in history edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75   

1978  On August - 09 james G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74   

1979  On this day in history allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64   

1980  On this day in history elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies   

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

1986  On August - 09 joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77   

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

1988  On this day in history edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions   

1988  Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1992  25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain on this day in history.   

1992  Christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30 on August - 09.   

1993  On this day in history mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54   

2005  Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight." on August - 09.   

2007  The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 09 giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest   

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

2017  Nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

1593  On this day in history birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

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

1631  On this day in history birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)   

1669  On August - 09 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  On this day in history flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50   

0803  On August - 09 irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1250  Death of King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) on August - 09.   

1420  On August - 09 pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies