Page 8: Historical Events In September - 08

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

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

1994  Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93 on September - 08.   

1995  On this day in history eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73   

1996  Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102 on this day in history.   

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 September - 08.   

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

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

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

2014  Marin ÄŒilić wins the US Open men's tennis singles on September - 08.   

2018  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 on this day in history.   

2018  Egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square on this day in history.   

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

2019  On September - 08 estimated 1 million attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar   

2019  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 on September - 08.   

2021  US Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%) [1] on September - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)   

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on September - 08.   

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on September - 08.   

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on September - 08.   

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  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on this day in history.   

0701  On September - 08 sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies   

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

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1100  On September - 08 clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies   

1397  On this day in history death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

1425  On September - 08 death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)   

1539  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on this day in history.