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 August - 09.   

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 this day in history richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres   

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

1975  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1977  Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75 on August - 09.   

1978  James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1979  On August - 09 allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64   

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

1982  On August - 09 aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies   

1986  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77 on August - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 09 dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies   

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

1992  25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2007  The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since feb 27 on August - 09.   

2012  On this day in history 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  On this day in history giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest   

2017  North Korea says it plans to fire rockets on US territory Guam in continuing escalation of tension between it and the US on August - 09.   

2017  On this day in history nepal's parliament bans menstruation huts (comes into effect August 2018)   

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  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on August - 09.   

1593  On this day in history birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on this day in history.   

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

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)   

1669  On this day in history birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)   

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

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on this day in history.   

0378  On August - 09 flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50   

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

1048  On August - 09 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  On August - 09 death of najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin   

1250  On this day in history death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)   

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.