Page 9: Historical Events In August - 01

1985  5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo on this day in history.   

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

1985  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada   

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

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

1988  On August - 01 raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50   

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

1988  Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida   

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 August - 01.   

1992  On August - 01 chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72   

1993  Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 on August - 01.   

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

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

1997  Boeing buys out McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion on this day in history.   

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

2007  Scouting celebrates its 100th birthday with worldwide celebrations on August - 01.   

2007  On this day in history 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.   

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.   

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on this day in history.   

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)