Page 9: 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  NASA launches space vehicle S-209 on this day in history.   

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

1986  Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73 on August - 01.   

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

1987  Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) on this day in history.   

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

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

1988  One-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 01 raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo   

1988  Raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1990  On this day in history ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV   

1990  IBM gets out of typewriter business on August - 01.   

1990  Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait on August - 01.   

1990  Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies on August - 01.   

1991  Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida on this day in history.   

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

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  On August - 01 chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72   

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 August - 01.   

1994  George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies   

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  Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations on this day in history.   

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 August - 01.   

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

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  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

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 this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

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

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.   

1402  On August - 01 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  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.   

1541  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)