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This day in history: 9 August

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382 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 9 August.
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2024: Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.

Holidays and observances

Battle of Gangut Day (Russia)

Christian feast day: August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso

Christian feast day: Candida Maria of Jesus

Christian feast day: Edith Stein (St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)

Christian feast day: Firmus and Rusticus

Christian feast day: Herman of Alaska (Russian Orthodox Church and related congregations; Episcopal Church (USA))

Christian feast day: Mary Sumner (Church of England)

Christian feast day: Nath Í of Achonry

Christian feast day: Romanus Ostiarius

Christian feast day: Secundian, Marcellian and Verian

Day of the Finnish art, also birthday of Tove Jansson (Finland)

Events

2024Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.

2021The Tampere light rail officially starts operating.

2014Michael 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.

2013Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30.

2012Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman to officiate an NFL game.

2007Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes after takeoff from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia, killing all 20 people on board.

2006At 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.

1999Russian president Boris Yeltsin fires his prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.

1995Aviateca Flight 901 crashes into the San Vicente volcano in El Salvador, killing all 65 people on board.

1993The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.

1991The 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.

1979Female workers of YH Trading in South Korea hold a sit-in protest in response to the company's unilateral shutdown.

1974As 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.

1973Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.

1971The 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). M

1970LANSA 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.

1969Tate–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 S

1965The State of Singapore separates from the Malaysian federation due to a heated ideological conflict between their ruling parties.[citation needed][needs copy edit]

1960South Kasai secedes from the Congo.

1945World 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, an

1945World War II: The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.

1944The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.

1944World War II: 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 fron

1942Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th symphony premieres in a besieged Leningrad.

1942World 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.

1936Summer Olympics: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.

1925A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India, by the Indian independence revolutionaries, against the British government.

1907The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.

1902Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1897The first International Congress of Mathematicians is held in Zürich, Switzerland.

1892Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.

1877American Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.

1862American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.

1855Åland War: The Battle of Suomenlinna begins.

1854American Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau publishes his memoir Walden.

1842The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.

1830Louis Philippe becomes the king of the French following abdication of Charles X.

1814American Indian Wars: The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.

1810Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.

1638An army under Bernard of Saxe-Weimar defeats imperial troops at the battle of Wittenweiher.

Born on this day

2005Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, Andorran tennis player

2003Kazuha, Japanese singer and dancer

2000Aidan Hutchinson, American football player

2000Arlo Parks, British singer-songwriter

1999Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater

1996Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress and model

1995Eli Apple, American football player

1995Hwang Min-hyun, South Korean singer and actor

1995Justice Smith, American actor

1994Kelli Hubly, American soccer player

1994King Von, American rapper (died 2020)

1993Dipa Karmakar, Indian gymnast

1993Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor

1992Farahnaz Forotan, Afghan journalist

1991Alexa Bliss, American bodybuilder and wrestler

1991Alice Barlow, English actress

1991Hansika Motwani, Indian actress

1990Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor

1990Brice Roger, French skier

1990D'Arcy Short, Australian cricketer

1990İshak Doğan, Turkish footballer

1990Sarah McBride, American LGBT activist and US Representative

1990Stuart McInally, Scottish rugby player

1989Jason Heyward, American baseball player

1989Kento Ono, Japanese actor and model

1989Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer

1988Anthony Castonzo, American football player

1988Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer

1988Willian, Brazilian footballer

1987Marek Niit, Estonian sprinter

1986Daniel Preussner, German rugby player

1986Michael Lerchl, German footballer

1986Tyler Smith, American singer-songwriter and bass player

1985Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer

1985Chandler Williams, American football player (died 2013)

1985Filipe Luís, Brazilian footballer

1985Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer

1985JaMarcus Russell, American football player

1985Luca Filippi, Italian racing driver

1985Vivek Ramaswamy, American entrepreneur and politician

Died on this day

2024Susan Wojcicki, Polish-American technology executive (born 1968)

2023Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1943)

2021Killer Kau, South African rapper, dancer and record producer (born 1998)

2021Pat Hitchcock, English actress and producer (born 1928)

2021Zairaini Sarbini, Malaysian voice actress (born 1972)

2016Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, third-richest British citizen (born 1951)

2015David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter (born 1935)

2015Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (born 1926)

2015Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (born 1930)

2015John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (born 1929)

2015Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (born 1915)

2015Walter Nahún López, Honduran footballer (born 1977)

2014Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach (born 1958)

2014Arthur G. Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Arlen Realty and Development Corporation (born 1930)

2014Ed Nelson, American actor (born 1928)

2014J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (born 1929)

2013Eduardo Falú, Argentinian guitarist and composer (born 1923)

2013Harry Elliott, American baseball player and coach (born 1923)

2013William Lynch, Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1947)

2012Al Freeman, Jr., American actor, director, and educator (born 1934)

2012Carl Davis, American record producer (born 1934)

2012Carmen Belen Richardson, Puerto Rican-American actress (born 1930)

2012David Rakoff, Canadian-American actor and journalist (born 1964)

2012Gene F. Franklin, American engineer, theorist, and academic (born 1927)

2012Mel Stuart, American director and producer (born 1928)

2010Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (born 1926)

2010Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1923)

2008Bernie Mac, American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (born 1957)

2008Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian author and poet (born 1941)

2007Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (born 1922)

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“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”

Lao Tzu

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