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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.

[edit] 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 over half 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.
1173 – Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.
1329 – Quilon the first Indian Diocese is erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop
1483 – Opening of the Sistine Chapel
1810 – Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
1814 – Indian Wars: The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
1842 – Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
1854 – Henry David Thoreau published Walden.
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 and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in Southern England.
1925 – Kakori train robbery took place at Kakori, near Lucknow, India
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 Olympiad.
1942 – Indian leader, Mahatma 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.
1944 – Continuation war: Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during Second World War, ends to strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
1945 – World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Fat Man", is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright.
1965 – Singapore seceded from Malaysia and gained independence.
1965 – A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
1969 – Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally 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.
1971 – Internment in Northern Ireland: British security forces arrest hundreds of nationalists and detain them without trial in Long Kesh prison. Twenty people die in the riots that follow.
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.
1977 – The military-controlled Government of Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in 1981 for a President and Congress.
1993 – The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
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.
2001 – US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells.
2007 – Emergence of the Financial crisis of 2007-2008 when a liquidity crisis resulted from the Subprime mortgage crisis

[edit] Births

232 – Probus, Roman emperor (d. 282)
1201 – Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
1537 – Francesco Barozzi, Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist (d. 1604)
1544 – Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1606)
1593 – Izaak Walton, English angler (d. 1683)
1603 – Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian
1631 – John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)
1648 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)
1653 – John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)
1669 – Tsarina Eudoxia Lopukhina of Russia (d. 1731)
1674 – František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)
1696 – Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (d. 1772)
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)
1783 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801)
1797 – Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer (d. 1855)
1805 – Joseph Locke, English railway and civil engineer (d. 1860)
1809 – William Barret Travis, American Lieutenant Colonel in the Battle of the Alamo (d. 1836)
1845 – André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)
1847 – Queen Maria Victoria al Pozzo della Cisterna of Spain (d. 1876)
1871 – Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer (d. 1919)
1872 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)
1874 – Charles Fort, American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena (d. 1932)
1874 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947)
1875 – Albert Ketèlbey, English conductor, composer, and pianist (d. 1959)
1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist (d. 1980)
1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (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 (d. 1944)
1911 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1996)
1911 – Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (d. 2001)
1914 – Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (d. 1963)
1914 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author (Moomins) (d. 2001)
1914 – Joe Mercer, English footballer (d. 1990)
1919 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 until 1977 (d. 1987)
1919 – Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager
1920 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2007)
1921 – Ernest Angley, American televangelist
1921 – J. James Exon, American politician (d. 2005)
1922 – Philip Larkin, English poet (d. 1985)
1925 – David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, creator of Huffman coding (d. 1999)
1927 – Daniel Keyes, American author
1927 – Robert Shaw, English actor (d. 1978)
1928 – Bob Cousy, American basketball player
1930 – Jacques Parizeau, Quebec economist and politician
1931 – Chuck Essegian, American baseball player
1931 – Mário Zagallo, Brazilian football coach and player
1932 – John Gomery, Canadian jurist
1933 – Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality and children's author
1935 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (d. 2008)
1936 – Julián Javier, American baseball player
1936 – Patrick Tse Yin, Hong Kong film director
1938 – Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian politician
1938 – Rod Laver, Australian tennis player
1938 – Otto Rehhagel, German football manager
1939 – Brito, Brazilian footballer
1939 – Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy, former President of the European Commission
1941 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist (d. 1986)
1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1942 – David Steinberg, Canadian comedian
1943 – Ken Norton, American boxer
1944 – Sam Elliott, American actor
1945 – Posy Simmonds, English cartoonist
1946 – Jim Kiick, American football player
1947 – Roy Hodgson, English football manager
1947 – Barbara Mason, American soul singer
1948 – Bill Campbell, American baseball player
1949 – Jonathan Kellerman, American writer
1952 – Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician
1954 – Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach
1955 – Peter Schmuck, American sportswriter
1955 – John E. Sweeney, American politician
1957 – Melanie Griffith, American actress
1958 – Amanda Bearse, American actress
1959 – Kurtis Blow, American rapper
1959 – Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor
1961 – Brad Gilbert, American tennis player
1961 – John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand
1961 – Amy Stiller, American actress
1962 – Kevin Mack, American football player
1962 – Louis Lipps, American football player
1962 – John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player
1963 – Whitney Houston, American diva and actress
1964 – Brett Hull, Canadian-born ice hockey player
1964 – Hoda Kotb, American television news anchor
1966 – Vinny Del Negro, American basketball player and head coach
1967 – Deion Sanders, American football player
1968 – Gillian Anderson, American actress
1968 – Eric Bana, Australian actor
1968 – Sam Fogarino, American musician (Interpol)
1968 – Joseph McGinty Nichol, American film producer and director
1969 – Divine Brown, American convicted felon
1969 – Smaragda Karydi, Greek singer
1969 – Troy Percival, American baseball player
1970 – Rod Brind'Amour, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Chris Cuomo, American TV journalist
1970 – Thomas Lennon, American actor
1970 – Arion Salazar, American musician (Third Eye Blind)
1971 – James Kim, American technology reporter (d. 2006)
1971 – Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist
1971 – Mack 10, American rapper
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 – Derek Fisher, American basketball player
1974 – Matt Morris, American baseball player
1974 – Kirill Reznik, American politician
1974 – Nicola Stapleton, English actress
1975 – Mike Lamb, American baseball player
1975 – Robbie Middleby, Australian footballer
1976 – Jessica Capshaw, American actress
1976 – Aled Jones, British Radio Producer
1976 – Rhona Mitra, English actress
1976 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor (d. 2008)
1977 – Jason Frasor, American baseball player
1977 – Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player
1977 – Adewale Ogunleye, American football player
1977 – Mikaël Silvestre, French footballer
1978 – Audrey Tautou, French actress
1980 – Ryu Seung-beom, South Korean actor
1980 – Dominic Tabuna, Nauruan politician
1981 – Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player
1981 – Li Jiawei, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
1982 – Tyson Gay, American sprinter
1983 – Ashley Johnson, American actress
1983 – Shane O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer
1984 – Saori Horii, Japanese gravure idol
1985 – Luca Filippi, Italian racing driver
1985 – Anna Kendrick, American actress
1985 – Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer
1985 – JaMarcus Russell, American football player
1989 – Stefano Okaka Chuka, Italian footballer
1990 – Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
1991 – Hansika Motwani, Indian actress

[edit] Deaths

117 – Trajan, Roman Emperor (b. 53)
378 – Valens, Roman Emperor (killed in battle) (b. 328)
803 – Byzantine Empress Irene (b. 752)
1048 – Pope Damasus II
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)
1816 – Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)
1837 – Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)
1886 – Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810)
1910 – Huo Yuan Jia, Chinese martial artist
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)
1946 – Bert Vogler, Former South African cricketer (b. 1876)
1949 – Edward Thorndike, American psychologist (b. 1874)
1957 – Carl Clauberg, Nazi doctor (b. 1898)
1962 – Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1877)
1967 – Joe Orton, English writer (b. 1933)
1969 – Cecil Frank Powell, British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1903)
1969 – Abigail Folger, American heiress (murdered) (b. 1943)
1969 – Wojciech Frykowski, Polish writer (murdered) (b. 1936)
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)
1974 – Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)
1975 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
1979 – Walter O'Malley, baseball executive (b. 1903)
1979 – Raymond Washington, founder of Los Angeles, California gang, the Crips
1980 – Jacqueline Cochran, American aviatrix (b. 1906)
1985 – Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (b. 1927)
1988 – Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (b. 1905)
1988 – Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor, played the character Don Ramón, in the TV Series El Chavo
1990 – Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
1992 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian Singer (b. 1938)
1995 – Jerry Garcia, American musician (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)
2000 – Nicholas Markowitz-kidnapped and murdered by Jesse James Hollywood (b. 1984)
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)
2003 – Jacques Deray, French film director (b. 1929)
2003 – Chester Ludgin, American baritone (b. 1925)
2004 – Robert Lecourt, French politician and president of the European Court of Justice (b. 1908)
2004 – Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918)
2004 – David Raksin, American film director (b. 1912)
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)
2007 – Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer, photojournalist (b. 1922)
2008 – Bernie Mac, American comedian, actor.(b. 1957)
2008 – Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian prominent poet and writer of prose.(b. 1941)