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August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in Leap Year s), with 144 days remaining.
Events
- - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt .
- army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey . Valens is killed along with 2/3 of his army.
- 681 - Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube , after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
- 1048 - Pope Damasus II dies in Rome , after reigning for only 23 days.
- 1173 - Construction of the (Leaning) Tower Of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.
- 1483 - Opening of the Sistine Chapel
- 1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States - Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains .
- - At Cedar Mountain, Virginia , Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope .
- - A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army .
- 1892 - Thomas Edison receives a Patent for a two-way Telegraph .
- 1902 - Edward VII is crowned king of the United Kingdom .
- wins his fourth Gold Medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympics .
- 1942 - India n leader, Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement .
- 1944 - The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey The Bear for the first time.
- , codenamed Fat Man, is dropped on the city of Nagasaki , Japan killing an estimated 70,000-90,000 people.
- 1965 - Singapore seceded from the newly-formed Federation of Malaysia.
- 1965 - kills 53 construction workers.
- initiated - United States Marines begin a new operation in the Que Son Valley .
- 1969 - Members of a Cult led by Charles Manson murder five people.
- 1974 - Richard Nixon becomes the first President Of The United States to resign from office. His Vice President , Gerald Ford , becomes president.
- 1983 - Peter Jennings hosts his first broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight as sole anchor.
- 1986 - The Headington Shark is erected in Oxford .
- 1987 - 9 people are shot dead and 17 more injured as 19-year old Julian Knight opens fire at random in the Hoddle Street Massacre in Clifton Hill
- 1988 - Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial transactions in Hockey history.
- 1989 - Kaifu Toshiki becomes Prime Minister Of Japan .
- 1993 - The Liberal Democratic Party Of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
- 1993 - King Albert II of Belgium is sworn into office.
- 1995 - Netscape launches IPO. Jerry Garcia , founding member and lead guitarist for Grateful Dead succumbs due to Heart Failure induced by Sleep Apnea at Serenity Knolls in Forest Hills, California.
- 1999 - Russia n President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin , and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
- 1999 - The Diet Of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official National Flag and National Anthem .
- 2000 - A Piper Navajo and a Piper Seminole collide in mid-air over a housing development in Burlington, New Jersey , killing 11
- 2001 - US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic Stem Cell s.
- 2001 - In Jerusalem , 15 people die and 130 are wounded in the Sbarro Restaurant Suicide Bombing .
- 2005 - Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' makes successful touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base , California
Births
- 1201 - Arnold Fitz Thedmar , English chronicler (d. 1274 )
- 1593 - Izaak Walton , English angler (d. 1683 )
- 1631 - John Dryden , English Poet Laureate (d. 1700 )
- 1648 - Johann Michael Bach , German composer (d. 1694 )
- 1653 - John Oldham , English poet (d. 1683 )
- 1674 - František Maxmilián Kaňka , Czech architect (d. 1766 )
- 1722 - Augustus William, Prince Of Prussia (d. 1758 )
- 1726 - Francesco Cetti , Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778 )
- 1757 - Thomas Telford , Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834 )
- 1776 - Amedeo Avogadro , Italian chemist (d. 1856 )
- 1797 - Charles Robert Malden , British naval officer (d. 1855 )
- 1805 - Joseph Locke , English railway and civil engineer (d. 1860 )
- 1845 - Brother Andre , Canadian religious figure (d. 1937 )
- 1871 - Leonid Andreyev , Russian writer (d. 1919 )
- 1872 - Archduke Joseph August Of Austria , Austrian field marshal (d. 1962 )
- 1874 - Reynaldo Hahn , Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947 )
- 1896 - Jean Piaget , Swiss psychologist (d. 1980 )
- 1896 - Lev Vygotsky , Russian psychologist (d. 1934 )
- 1896 - Erich Hückel , German physicist (d. 1980 )
- 1899 - P. L. Travers , Australian author (d. 1996 )
- 1901 - Charles Farrell , American actor (d. 1990 )
- 1902 - Zino Francescatti , French violinist (d. 1991 )
- 1909 - Adam Von Trott Zu Solz , German diplomat opposing the Nazi regime (executed) (d. 1944 )
- 1911 - William Alfred Fowler , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996 )
- 1914 - Tove Jansson , Finnish author (d. 2001 )
- 1919 - Joop Den Uyl , Prime Minister Of The Netherlands (d. 1987 )
- 1919 - Ralph Houk , baseball player and manager
- 1921 - J. James Exon , Nebraska Senator and Governor
- 1922 - Philip Larkin , English poet (d. 1985 )
- 1927 - Daniel Keyes , American author
- 1927 - Robert Shaw , English actor (d. 1978 )
- 1928 - Bob Cousy , American basketball player
- 1931 - Mário Zagallo , Brazilian football coach and player
- 1933 - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi , Japanese television personality and children's author
- 1938 - Leonid Kuchma , Ukrainian politician
- 1938 - Rod Laver , Australian tennis player
- 1939 - Romano Prodi , Italian politician, President Of The European Commission
- 1939 - Brito , Brazilian footballer
- 1944 - Sam Elliott , American actor
- 1945 - Ken Norton , American boxer
- 1945 - Posy Simmonds , English cartoonist
- 1948 - Bill Campbell , baseball player
- 1949 - Jonathan Kellerman , American writer
- 1952 - Prateep Ungsongtham Hata , Thai politician
- 1957 - Melanie Griffith , American actress
- 1959 - Stuart Hughes , Canadian actor
- 1961 - Amy Stiller , American actress
- 1962 - Kevin Mack , American football player
- 1962 - Louis Lipps , American football player
- 1963 - Whitney Houston , American singer and actress
- 1964 - Brett Hull , Canadian-born hockey player
- 1967 - Deion Sanders , American football player
- 1968 - Gillian Anderson , American actress
- 1968 - Eric Bana , Australian actor
- 1969 - Troy Percival , baseball player
- 1972 - Juanes , Colombian singer
- 1973 - Kevin McKidd , Scottish actor
- 1973 - Filippo Inzaghi , Italian footballer
- 1974 - Matt Morris , baseball player
- 1976 - Jessica Capshaw , American actress
- 1976 - Rhona Mitra , English actress
- 1977 - Chamique Holdsclaw , American basketball player
- 1977 - Mikael Silvestre , French footballer
- 1978 - Audrey Tautou , French actress
- 1994 - Forrest Landis , American child actor
Deaths
- 117 - Trajan , Roman Emperor (b. 53 )
- 378 - Valens , Roman Emperor (killed in battle) (b. 328 )
- 803 - Byzantine Empress Irene
- 1107 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079 )
- 1250 - King Eric IV Of Denmark (b. 1216 )
- 1534 - Cardinal Cajetan , Italian theologian (b. 1470 )
- 1634 - William Noy , English jurist (b. 1577 )
- 1720 - Simon Ockley , English orientalist (b. 1678 )
- 1744 - James Brydges, 1st Duke Of Chandos , English patron of the arts (b. 1673 )
- 1886 - Samuel Ferguson , Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810 )
- 1919 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo , Italian composer (b. 1857 )
- 1942 - Edith Stein , (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) (executed) (b. 1891 )
- 1945 - Harry Hillman , American athlete (b. 1881 )
- 1962 - Hermann Hesse , German-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877 )
- 1967 - Joe Orton , English writer (b. 1933 )
- 1969 - Abigail Folger , American heiress (murdered) (b. 1943 )
- 1969 - Wojciech Frykowski , Polish writer (murdered) (b. 1936 )
- 1969 - Cecil Frank Powell , British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903 )
- 1969 - Jay Sebring , American hair stylist (murdered) (b. 1933 )
- 1969 - Sharon Tate , American actress (murdered) (b. 1943 )
- 1975 - Dmitri Shostakovich , Russian composer (b. 1906 )
- 1995 - Jerry Garcia , American guitarist ( Grateful Dead ) (b. 1942 )
- 2000 - John Harsanyi , Hungarian-born economist, Bank Of Sweden Prize winner (b. 1920 )
- 2002 - Peter Neville , anarchist, sociologist, and peace activist
- 2003 - Ray Harford , English footballer and manager (b. 1945 )
- 2003 - Gregory Hines , American actor and dancer (b. 1946 )
- 2005 - Matthew McGrory , American actor (b. 1973 )
- 2005 - Judith Rossner , American novelist (b. 1935 )
Holidays and observances
External links
August 8 - August 10 - July 9 - September 9 -- Listing Of All Days
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