Historical Events In August - 01

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

1985  On August - 01 frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia   

1985  On August - 01 nASA launches space vehicle S-209   

1985  On this day in history joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92   

1986  On this day in history 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  Mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champion on August - 01.   

1987  Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 01 one-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon   

1988  Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50   

1988  On August - 01 system Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC)   

1988  On August - 01 florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86   

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

1989  John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1990  Ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history iBM gets out of typewriter business   

1990  Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait on this day in history.   

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

1991  On August - 01 actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida   

1991  Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA on August - 01.   

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 August - 01.   

1993  On this day in history alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81   

1994  NASDAQ computers crash - squirrel caused power outage on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history george Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85   

1995  Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies on this day in history.   

1996  John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75 on August - 01.   

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

1997  On August - 01 ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies   

2007  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.   

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.   

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

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

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.   

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.   

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

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  On August - 01 laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

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

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.