Page 9: Historical Events In August - 01

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

1985  On this day in history frank Faylen vaudevillian, dies at 79 of pneumonia   

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

1985  Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 01 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  On this day in history 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  System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) on August - 01.   

1988  On this day in history florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86   

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

1989  On August - 01 john Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1990  Ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV on August - 01.   

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

1990  On this day in history iraq invades & occupies Kuwait   

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

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  On this day in history stuart Wilson, actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87   

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 August - 01.   

1994  On August - 01 nASDAQ computers crash - squirrel caused power outage   

1994  On August - 01 george Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85   

1995  Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies on August - 01.   

1996  John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history boeing buys out McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion   

1997  Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies on August - 01.   

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

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 this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.   

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  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.