Page 9: Historical Events In August - 01

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

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

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

1985  Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 on August - 01.   

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

1987  On August - 01 crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada   

1987  On this day in history michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)   

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

1987  On this day in history benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70   

1988  One-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon on August - 01.   

1988  Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo on August - 01.   

1988  Raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1988  System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) on this day in history.   

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 August - 01.   

1989  On this day in history john Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52   

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 August - 01.   

1990  On this day in history norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies   

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

1991  On this day in history hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA   

1991  On this day in history space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched   

1991  Stuart Wilson, actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1993  Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history nASDAQ computers crash - squirrel caused power outage   

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

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

1996  On August - 01 john Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75   

1997  Boeing buys out McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.   

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

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

1545  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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.