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August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (222nd in leap years ), with 144 days remaining.
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war : Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt .
378 - Gothic War : Battle of Adrianople - A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey . Valens is killed along with ⅔ 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 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 .
1862 - American Civil War : Battle of Cedar Mountain - At Cedar Mountain, Virginia , Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope .
1877 - Indian Wars : Battle of Big Hole - 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 .
1930 - Betty Boop premiered in her first cartoon, Dizzy Dishes .
1936 - Summer Olympic Games : Games of the XI Olympiad : Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympic Games .
1942 - Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement .
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.
1944 - The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
1945 - World War II : An atomic bomb , codenamed Fat Man Nagasaki , Japan killing an estimated 70,000-90,000 people.
1965 - Singapore seceded from Malaysia and gained independence.
1965 - Space disasters : A fire at a Titan missile base near Little Rock, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
1969 - Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate , coffee heiress Abigail Folger , Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski , men's hairstylist Jay Sebring , and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles.
1969 - Popular attraction The Haunted Mansion opens in Disneyland .
1974 - As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, 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 .
1986 - Knebworth Park, Stevenage, UK sees the final live performance of rock band Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury .
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.
1988 - Baseball's all-day-game era officially came to an end when the Cubs beat the Mets 6-4 in Wrigley Field's first night game.
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.
1994 - Dilbert is drawn with his necktie down, signifying that he "lost his innocence" with Liz.
1995 - Netscape launches IPO.
1999 - Russian 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 cells .
2001 - In Jerusalem , 15 people die and 130 are wounded in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing .
2005 - A chemical plant explosion happened at the EQ Recovery Plant in Romulus, Michigan , forcing residence within 1 to 1⅓ mile radius from the plant to evacuate.
2006 - Mexican fishermen get rescued near the Marshall Islands after being lost at sea for nine months.
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 )
1809 - William Barret Travis , commander at Battle of the Alamo
1845 - André Besette , 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, the creator of the Moomins (d. 2001 )
1914 - Ferenc Fricsay , Hungarian conductor (d. 1963 )
1919 - Joop den Uyl , Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1987 )
1919 - Ralph Houk , American baseball player and manager
1920 - Enzo Biagi , Italian journalist and writer
1921 - J. James Exon , American politician, 36th Governor of Nebraska & United States Senator from Nebraska
1921 - Ernest Angley , televangelist
1922 - Philip Larkin , English poet (d. 1985 )
1925 - David A. Huffman , creator of Huffman coding (d. 1999 )
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
1931 - Chuck Essegian , American baseball player
1933 - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi , Japanese television personality and children's author
1936 - Julián Javier , American baseball player
1938 - Leonid Kuchma , Ukrainian politician
1938 - Rod Laver , Australian tennis player
1939 - Romano Prodi , Prime Minister of Italy , former President of the European Commission
1939 - Brito , Brazilian footballer
1940 - Beverlee McKinsey , American actress
1942 - Tommie Agee , American baseball player (d. 2001 )
1943 - Ken Norton , American boxer
1944 - Sam Elliott , American actor
1945 - Posy Simmonds , English cartoonist
1946 - Jim Kiick , American football player
1948 - Bill Campbell , baseball player
1949 - Jonathan Kellerman , American writer
1952 - Prateep Ungsongtham Hata , Thai politician
1957 - Melanie Griffith , American actress
1959 - Kurtis Blow , American rapper
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 diva 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
1968 - Karyn Parsons , American actress
1969 - Troy Percival , baseball player
1970 - Rod Brind'Amour , hockey player
1970 - Arion Salazar , American musician (Third Eye Blind )
1971 - Davide Rebellin , Italian cyclist
1971 - Mack 10 , American rapper
1971 - James Kim , technology reporter (d. 2006 )
1972 - Juanes , Colombian singer
1972 - A-Mei , Taiwanese singer
1973 - Kevin McKidd , Scottish actor
1973 - Filippo Inzaghi , Italian footballer
1974 - Mahesh Babu , Indian film actor
1974 - Matt Morris , baseball player
1975 - Robbie Middleby , Australian soccer player
1976 - Jessica Capshaw , American actress
1976 - Rhona Mitra , English actress
1977 - Chamique Holdsclaw , American basketball player
1977 - Mikael Silvestre , French footballer
1977 - Adewale Ogunleye , American football player
1978 - Audrey Tautou , French actress
1978 - Michael Scofield , Fox River Eight Fugitive
1980 - Ryu Seung-beom , South Korean actor
1982 - Danieal Manning , American football player
1983 - Ashley Johnson , American actress
1985 - Hayley Peirsol , American swimmer
1985 - Luca Filippi , Italian racing driver
1985 - JaMarcus Russell , American football player
1989 - Stefano Chuka Okaka , Italian footballer
1996 - Forrest Landis , American 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 )
1173 - Najm ad-Din Ayyub , father of Saladin
1250 - King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216 )
1534 - Cardinal Cajetan , Italian theologian (b. 1470 )
1601 - Michael the Brave , Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558 )
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 )
1837 - Xavier Sigalon , French painter (b. 1787 )
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 )
1945 - Robert Hampton Gray , last Canadian Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917 )
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 )
1969 - Steven Parent , American student (murdered) (b. 1951 )
1975 - Dmitri Shostakovich , Russian composer (b. 1906 )
1979 - Walter O'Malley , baseball executive (b. 1903 )
1985 - Clive Churchill , Australian rugby league player (b. 1927 )
1988 - Giacinto Scelsi , Italian composer (b. 1905 )
1988 - Sara Tangen , Is COOL(b.)
1995 - Jerry Garcia , American guitarist (Grateful Dead ) (b. 1942 )
1996 - Sir Frank Whittle , invented the jet engine (b. 1907 )
1999 - Fouad Serageddin , Egyptian politician (b. 1910 )
2000 - John Harsanyi , Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1920 )
2002 - Paul Samson , British guitarist (Samson ) (b. 1953 )
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 )
2006 - James van Allen , American physicist (b. 1914 )
2006 - Philip E. High , science fiction author (b. 1914 )
Holidays and observances Liturgical feasts
Roman Catholicism
Saint Auctor , bishop of Metz [Metz]
Saint Domitian , bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne), confessor [Châlons-sur-Marne]
Saint Fedlimin /Felimy, bishop of Kilmore
Saint Firmus and Saint Rusticus
Saint Herneus , abbot, confessor [Le Mans]
Saint Jean Vianney
Saint Lawrence (Vigil) [common]
Saint Maurilius
Saint Nathy (David), bishop of Achonry
Saint Romanus , martyr [common] (Romanus Ostiarius, died 258)
Saint Secundianus and companions , martyrs [Meaux]
Blessed Ceferino Jimenez Malla
St. Edith Stein , died 1942
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