Historical Events In August - 09

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

1973  On this day in history uSSR launches Mars 7   

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

1973  Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88 on August - 09.   

1974  Gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States on August - 09.   

1974  On August - 09 richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres   

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

1975  On this day in history dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68   

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  Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65 on August - 09.   

1977  Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies   

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  On August - 09 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  On August - 09 dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies   

1991  Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1993  On August - 09 mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54   

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

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

2012  The death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70 on this day in history.   

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 August - 09.   

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  On this day in history nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018)   

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 August - 09 birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.   

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on August - 09.   

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

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on this day in history.   

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on August - 09.   

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

1048  On August - 09 pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days   

1107  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on this day in history.   

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

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