Page 8: Historical Events In September - 08

1993  On September - 08 hall Bartlett, US director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70   

1994  On this day in history 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  Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73 on September - 08.   

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

1998  On September - 08 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.   

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  On this day in history marin ÄŒilić wins the US Open men's tennis singles   

2018  On September - 08 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  On this day in history archaeologists uncover more than 300 gold coins from late imperial period from theatre in Como, Italy   

2019  Estimated 1 million attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar on September - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on September - 08.   

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  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.   

1380  On September - 08 birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

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

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on September - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on September - 08.   

1100  On this day in history clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies   

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

1425  On this day in history death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)   

1539  On September - 08 death of john Stokesley, English churchman