Page 8: Historical Events In September - 08

1993  Hall Bartlett, US director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70 on September - 08.   

1994  On September - 08 a US Air 737 jetliner crashes during final approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.   

1994  On this day in history arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93   

1995  On September - 08 eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73   

1996  On September - 08 elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102   

1998  St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' single-season home run record by hitting number 62 during a game against the Chicago Cubs on this day in history.   

2007  On September - 08 over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys.   

2012  6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan on September - 08.   

2013  11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City on September - 08.   

2014  Marin ÄŒilić wins the US Open men's tennis singles on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history uS Open Women's Tennis: Naomi Osaka first Japanese female to win a Grand Slam singles final; beats Serena Williams in controversial match 6-2, 6-4   

2018  On September - 08 egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square   

2018  Archaeologists uncover more than 300 gold coins from late imperial period from theatre in Como, Italy on this day in history.   

2019  Estimated 1 million attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar on this day in history.   

2019  On September - 08 uS Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal defeats Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to win his 19th Grand Slam singles title, and 4th US crown   

2021  On this day in history uS Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%) [1]   

2021  Large statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee removed from plinth on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia on September - 08.   

2023  Marrakesh–Safi earthquake: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Marrakesh–Safi province in western Morocco, killing at least 2,960 people and damaging historic buildings on September - 08.   

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on September - 08.   

0828  On this day in history birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)   

1157  On September - 08 birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)   

1207  On this day in history birth of sancho II, king of Portugal   

1271  On this day in history birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)   

1380  On this day in history birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on September - 08.   

1515  On this day in history birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)   

0394  On September - 08 death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide   

0701  On this day in history sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on September - 08.   

0876  On September - 08 lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72   

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on September - 08.   

1397  Death of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester on September - 08.   

1425  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

1539  On this day in history death of john Stokesley, English churchman