August 9
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August 9 is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 144 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1201 – Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
- 1537 – Francesco Barozzi, Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist (d. 1604)
- 1603 – Johannes Cocceius, German Protestant theologian (d. 1669)
- 1648 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)
- 1669 – Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)
- 1696 – Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (d. 1772)
- 1722 – Prince Augustus William of Prussia (d. 1758)
- 1754 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (d. 1825)
- 1757 – Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834)
- 1759 – Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, German scholar (d. 1839)
- 1776 – Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (d. 1856)
- 1783 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801)
- 1797 – Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer who discovered Malden Island (d. 1855)
- 1805 – Joseph Locke, British railway and civil engineer (d. 1860)
- 1847 – Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Queen of Spain (d. 1876)
- 1871 – Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer (d. 1919)
- 1872 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)
- 1875 – Reynaldo Hahn, composer (d. 1947)
- 1887 – Hans Oster, German general and Resistance activist (d. 1945)
- 1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss child psychologist (d. 1980)
- 1899 – P. L. Travers, Australian writer, author of Mary Poppins (d. 1996)
- 1902 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
- 1904 – Hasso von Boehmer, German military and Resistance activist (d. 1945)
- 1909 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German jurist, diplomat and Resistance activist (d. 1944)
- 1910 – Robert van Gulik, Dutch sinologist, diplomat, writer and musician (d. 1967)
- 1911 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist (d. 1996)
- 1914 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author of the Moomin books (d. 2001)
- 1914 – Joe Mercer, English footballer (d. 1990)
- 1916 – Manea Manescu, Romanian politician (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Joop den Uyl, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1987)
- 1920 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2007)
- 1922 – Philip Larkin, English poet (d. 1985)
- 1927 – Marvin Minsky, American scientist
- 1927 – Daniel Keyes, American author
- 1927 – Robert Shaw, actor (d. 1978)
- 1928 – Bob Cousy, professional basketball player (NBA)
- 1930 – Jacques Parizeau, Quebec politician and economist
- 1931 – Mario Zagallo, Brazilian footballer
- 1932 – Anand Panyarachun, former Prime Minister of Thailand
- 1933 – Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality, children's author.
- 1937 – Hans Nowak, German footballer (d. 2012)
- 1938 – Leonid Kuchma, former President of Ukraine
- 1938 – Rod Laver, Australian tennis player
- 1938 – Otto Rehhagel, German football manager
- 1939 – Romano Prodi, former Prime Minister of Italy
- 1939 – Hercules Brito Ruas, Brazilian footballer
- 1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001)
- 1944 – Khaleda Zia, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- 1944 – Sam Elliott, American actor
- 1945 – Ken Norton, boxing champion
- 1945 – Posy Simmonds, cartoonist
- 1947 – Roy Hodgson, English football manager
- 1947 – Barbara Mason, American soul singer
- 1949 – Jonathan Kellerman, mystery writer
- 1953 – Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater
- 1957 – Melanie Griffith, American actress (Working Girl, The Bonfire of the Vanities)
- 1961 – John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1961 – Brad Gilbert, American tennis player
- 1962 – Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German politician
- 1962 – Kevin Mack, American football player
- 1963 – Whitney Houston, American singer and actress (d. 2012)
- 1964 – Brett Hull, professional hockey player (NHL)
- 1967 – Dana Vavrova, Czech actress (d. 2009)
- 1967 – Deion Sanders, American football player
- 1968 – Gillian Anderson, American actress
- 1968 – Eric Bana, Australian actor
- 1969 – Troy Percival, Major League Baseball All-Star
- 1972 – Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, Colombian singer ad songwriter
- 1973 – Filippo Inzaghi, Italian footballer
- 1976 – Jessica Capshaw, American actress (The Practice)
- 1976 – Rhona Mitra, American actress (The Practice)
- 1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2001)
- 1977 – Chamique Holdsclaw, professional basketball player (WNBA)
- 1977 – Mikael Silvestre, French footballer
- 1978 – Daniela Denby-Ashe, British actress
- 1978 – Wesley Sonck, Belgian footballer
- 1978 – Audrey Tautou, French actress
- 1981 – Roland Linz, Austrian footballer
- 1982 – Tyson Gay, American runner
- 1985 – Luca Filippi, Italian racing driver
- 1985 – Anna Kendrick, American actress
- 1985 – Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer
- 1987 – Marco Carmona, Mexican artist
- 1988 – Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer
- 1989 – Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer
- 1989 – Jason Heyward, American baseball player
- 1990 – Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
- 1994 – Forrest Landis, American actor
- 1996 – Deborah Burke, Canadian Female Hockey Player
Deaths [change]
- 117 – Trajan, Roman emperor (b. 53)
- 378 – Valens, Roman emperor (killed in battle) (b. 328)
- 378 – Traianus, Roman general
- 803 – Byzantine Empress Irene (b. 752)
- 1048 – Pope Damasus II
- 1107 – Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
- 1250 – King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)
- 1472 – Janos Vitez, Croatian humanist (b. 1408)
- 1534 – Thomas Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)
- 1580 – Metrophanes III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1520)
- 1601 – Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558)
- 1816 – Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)
- 1919 – Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (b. 1857)
- 1927 – Stephan G. Stephansson, Western Icelander poet and farmer (b. 1853)
- 1942 – Edith Stein, (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) at Auschwitz (b. 1891)
- 1945 – Harry Hillman, American athlete (b. 1881)
- 1949 – Harry Davenport, American actor (b. 1866)
- 1962 – Hermann Hesse, German author (b. 1877)
- 1967 – Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1933)
- 1969 – Cecil Frank Powell, British physicist (b. 1903)
- 1969 – Sharon Tate, American actress (murdered) (b. 1943)
- 1969 – Jay Sebring, Hollywood hair stylist (b. 1933)
- 1969 – Abigail Folger, Coffee heiress (b. 1943)
- 1969 – Wojciech Frykowski, Polish writer (b. 1936)
- 1969 – Steven Parent, student (b. 1951)
- 1975 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
- 1980 – Jacqueline Cochran, American aviatrix (b. 1906)
- 1990 – Wladislaw Orlicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1903)
- 1990 – Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
- 1995 – Jerry Garcia, American guitarist (Grateful Dead) (b. 1942)
- 1996 – Frank Whittle, British engineer and inventor (b. 1907)
- 1998 – Frankie Ruiz, American singer (b. 1958)
- 1999 – Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (b. 1910)
- 2000 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist (b. 1920)
- 2003 – Ray Harford, English football manager (b. 1945)
- 2003 – Gregory Hines, actor and dancer (b. 1946)
- 2003 – Robert Lecourt, French politician (b. 1908)
- 2006 – Rafael Ruiz, Spanish hockey player (b. 1916)
- 2006 – James Van Allen, American physicist (b. 1914)
- 2008 – Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet (b. 1941)
- 2008 – Bernie Mac, American comedian and actor (b. 1957)
- 2010 – Ted Stevens, American politician (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Mel Stuart, American director and producer (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Al Freeman, Jr., American actor (b. 1934).
Events [change]
- 681 – Bulgaria is founded on the south bank of the Danube after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
- 1173 – Construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa begins.
- 1483 – The Sistine Chapel opens.
- 1810 – Napoleon Bonaparte annexes the departments of the kingdom of Westphalia into the French Empire.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain - Confederate general Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union general John Pope.
- 1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for the two-way telegraph.
- 1896 – German aviator Otto Lilienthal crashes during a flying attempt, dying the next day.
- 1900 – The island of Heligoland is transferred from British control to Germany.
- 1902 – Edward VII of the United Kingdom is crowned king, while his consort, Alexandra of Denmark is crowned queen of the United Kingdom.
- 1910 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition leaves Kristiania, present-day Oslo. The public does not know that it is destined for the South Pole.
- 1912 – An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 in Persia kills around 5,500 people.
- 1925 – A train robbery occurs in Lucknow, India.
- 1936 – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the 1936 Summer Olympics.
- 1942 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested by British colonial police in Bombay, starting the Quit India Movement for Indian independence.
- 1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island - Allied forces are surprised and defeated by the Japanese Imperial Navy cruise force in initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- 1944 – The US Forest Service and Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey the Bear for the first time.
- 1945 – World War II: The United States drops an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki.
- 1965 – Singapore gains independence from Malaysia.
- 1965 – A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
- 1969 – Members of Charles Manson's gang, murder Sharon Tate, her unborn son, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring, and Steven Parent.
- 1970 – A Lockheed L-188 Electra plane crashes near Cuzco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as 2 people on the ground.
- 1974 – Gerald Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.
- 1974 – The oil tanker Metula runs aground off Tierra del Fuego.
- 1988 – Wayne Gretzky, star of ice hockey, is transferred from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial transactions in ice hockey history.
- 1993 – Albert II of Belgium is proclaimed King.
- 1993 – The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
- 1999 – Boris Yeltsin names Vladimir Putin as Prime Minister of Russia.
- 2001 – 15 people are killed and 132 are injured in a suicide bombing in Downtown Jerusalem.
- 2005 – Space Shuttle Discovery lands safely back on Earth, after a two-week space mission, following spacewalks to carry out repairs on the Shuttle.
Observances [change]
- National Day of Singapore
