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Year | Name |
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2021 | The Tampere light rail officially started operating. |
2014 | Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city. |
2013 | Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30. |
2012 | Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman to officiate a NFL game. |
2007 | Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes after takeoff from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia, killing all 20 people on board. |
2006 | At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation. |
1999 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. |
1993 | The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership. |
1991 | The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial. |
1974 | As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. Vice President Gerald Ford becomes president. |
1973 | Mars 7 is launched from the USSR. |
1971 | The Troubles: In Northern Ireland, the British authorities launch Operation Demetrius. The operation involves the mass arrest and internment without trial of individuals suspected of being affiliated with the Irish Republican Army (PIRA). Mass riots follow, and thousands of people flee or are forced out of their homes. |
1970 | LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground. |
1969 | Tate–LaBianca murders: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent. |
1965 | Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly. |
1960 | South Kasai secedes from the Congo. |
1945 | World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers. |
1945 | The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria. |
1944 | The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. |
1944 | Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war. |
1942 | World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. |
1936 | Summer Olympics: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games. |
1925 | A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India, by the Indian independence revolutionaries, against British government. |
1907 | The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. |
1902 | Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
1897 | The first International Congress of Mathematicians is held in Zürich, Switzerland. |
1892 | Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph. |
1877 | American Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army. |
1862 | American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. |
1855 | Åland War: The Battle of Suomenlinna begins. |
1854 | American Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau publishes his memoir Walden. |
1842 | The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. |
1830 | Louis Philippe becomes the king of the French following abdication of Charles X. |
1814 | American Indian Wars: The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia. |
1810 | Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. |
1610 | The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia. |
1500 | Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia. |
1428 | Sources cite biggest caravan trade between Podvisoki and Republic of Ragusa. Vlachs committed to Ragusan lord Tomo Bunić, that they will with 600 horses deliver 1,500 modius of salt. Delivery was meant for Dobrašin Veseoković, and Vlachs price was half of delivered salt. |
1329 | Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop. |
1173 | Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete. |
378 | Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army. |
48 | Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. |
Here is a random list who born on August 9. For full list please click on the link above.
Year | Name |
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1992 | Farahnaz Forotan, Afghan journalist |
1989 | Kento Ono, Japanese actor and model |
1974 | Raphaël Poirée, French biathlete |
1968 | Gillian Anderson, American-British actress, activist and writer |
1963 | Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (d. 2012) |
1955 | John E. Sweeney, American lawyer and politician |
1603 | Johannes Cocceius, German-Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1669) |
1940 | Linda Keen, American mathematician and academic |
1896 | Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (d. 1980) |
1964 | Brett Hull, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 9. For full list please click on the link above.
Date | Name |
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1985 | Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927) |
1107 | Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) |
1816 | Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771) |
1969 | Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936) |
1957 | Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898) |
2014 | J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1929) |
1534 | Thomas Cajetan, Italian cardinal and philosopher (b. 1470) |
1516 | Hieronymus Bosch, Early Netherlandish painter (b. circa 1450) |
1975 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1906) |
1744 | James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673) |