Page 7: Historical Events In August - 09
Thursday, 24 April 2025
1972 Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53 on this day in history.
1973 On August - 09 uSSR launches Mars 7
1973 On this day in history henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings
1973 Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88 on this day in history.
1974 Gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States on August - 09.
1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres on this day in history.
1975 On August - 09 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7
1975 On August - 09 dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68
1976 On August - 09 uSSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
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 August - 09 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 August - 09.
1982 Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies on this day in history.
1986 On August - 09 joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77
1987 On August - 09 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 August - 09 alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85
1990 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia on August - 09.
1990 Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies
1992 On this day in history 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain
1992 On this day in history christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30
1993 On this day in history mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54
2005 Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight." on August - 09.
2007 On August - 09 the Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27.
2012 On August - 09 the death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70
2013 On August - 09 8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan
2017 Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest on August - 09.
2017 On this day in history north Korea says it plans to fire rockets on US territory Guam in continuing escalation of tension between it and the US
2017 On August - 09 nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018)
2018 Saudi-led air coalition strikes a school bus in Sada Province, Yemen, killing 43, many of them children on this day in history.
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