Page 8: Historical Events In September - 08

1993  Hall Bartlett, US director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70 on September - 08.   

1994  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1995  Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1996  On September - 08 elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102   

1998  On September - 08 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.   

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

2012  On September - 08 6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan   

2013  On September - 08 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City   

2014  On this day in history 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 September - 08 egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square   

2018  Archaeologists uncover more than 300 gold coins from late imperial period from theatre in Como, Italy on this day in history.   

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

2019  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 on this day in history.   

2021  On this day in history uS Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%) [1]   

2021  On this day in history large statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee removed from plinth on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia   

2023  On September - 08 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.   

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on this day in history.   

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

1157  On this day in history birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)   

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on September - 08.   

1380  On September - 08 birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

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

1515  On this day in history birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)   

0394  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on September - 08.   

0701  On this day in history sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies   

0780  On September - 08 leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies   

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on September - 08.   

1100  On this day in history 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  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on September - 08.   

1539  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on this day in history.