Page 7: Historical Events In August - 09

1972  Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53 on August - 09.   

1973  USSR launches Mars 7 on this day in history.   

1973  Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88   

1974  Gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States on this day in history.   

1974  On August - 09 richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres   

1975  1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7 on this day in history.   

1975  Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68 on August - 09.   

1976  USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan   

1976  Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65 on August - 09.   

1977  On this day in history edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75   

1978  On August - 09 james G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74   

1979  Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64 on August - 09.   

1980  Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies   

1986  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55   

1988  Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions on August - 09.   

1988  On this day in history alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85   

1990  On this day in history 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia   

1990  On this day in history dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies   

1991  On this day in history corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies   

1992  On August - 09 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain   

1992  Christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30 on August - 09.   

1993  On this day in history mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54   

2005  On August - 09 space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight."   

2007  On this day in history the Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27.   

2012  On this day in history the death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70   

2013  8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan on August - 09.   

2017  Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest on this day in history.   

2017  North Korea says it plans to fire rockets on US territory Guam in continuing escalation of tension between it and the US on this day in history.   

2017  Nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018) on August - 09.   

2018  On this day in history saudi-led air coalition strikes a school bus in Sada Province, Yemen, killing 43, many of them children   

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1201  On August - 09 birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on this day in history.   

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on August - 09.   

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on August - 09.   

1648  On August - 09 birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on August - 09.   

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

1674  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

0117  On August - 09 death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)   

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.   

0803  On August - 09 irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies   

1048  On this day in history pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days   

1107  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on this day in history.   

1173  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on this day in history.   

1250  Death of King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) on this day in history.   

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on August - 09.