August 9 Zodiac, Events, Birthdays and Holidays

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on August 9. From 1900 until now. August 9 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Whitney Houston (1963), Audrey Tautou (1976) and Melanie Griffith (1957). Several movies were released around August 9 over the years, such as Lie Hard in 2022 directed by Ian Niles and Sprung in 2022 directed by Rusty Cundieff.
But much more happened on August 9 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

St. Nathy (or David)
Feast day of the great martyr Saint Panteleimon in Russian Orthodox Church
St. Fedlimid/Felimy
St. Romanus Ostiarius
St. Edith Stein
Singapore: National Day
Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least ? saints: St. Jean Vianney
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2018 Yemeni Civil War (2015): More than 60 people are injured and 43 are killed by an airstrike in which the Saudi-led coalition attacked a bus that was parked at a Dahyan market. The coalition called the strike a "legitimate war action" against Houthis and accused them of using children as human shields.
2017 Six French soldiers were injured in a terror attack at Levallois-Perret when a man drove a car into them at the Levallois-Perret barracks.
2016 Conflict between Israel and Palestine: Israel accuses a UN administrative manager that he was a Hamas-linked operative working from Gaza.
2015 Japan celebrates the 70th anniversary the dropping of the atomic bomb over Nagasaki, Japan during World War II.
2014 War in Donbass - Rebel commander Igor Girkin confirms the fact that Ukrainian government forces have retaken control of Krasnyi Luch from pro-Russian rebels. This effectively ends the Donetsk People's Republic insurgency. (BBC).Alexander Zakharchenko is the self-proclaimed prime minister for the Donetsk People's Republic rebel. He calls for a truce on humanitarian grounds, after admitting that Ukrainian government forces had entered the main insurgent stronghold at Donetsk.
2013 Five Al Qaeda terrorists are killed in a drone attack by the United States.
2012 Civil war in Syria:
2011 The 2011 Australian Census was completed by Australians.
2010 Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, testifies before Israel’s Turkel Commission. The Turkel Commission is investigating Israel's involvement in May's Gaza flotilla attack. It is headed by Jacob Turkel, an Israeli judge. The testimony will last for five hours and some parts of it will be closed to the public.
2009 South African opposition parties demand that President Jacob Zuma withdraw Sandile Ngcobo's appointment as Chief Justice, because he did not consult the opposition or Judicial Service Committee.
2008 At 50 years old, American comedian Bernie Mac dies from complications of pneumonia in a Chicago hospital.
2007 B.N.P., a large French bank Paribas stops withdrawals from three mutual funds due to American subprime investments.
2006 Venezuela's opposition has chosen Manuel Rosales (Gouvernor of Zulia State) as its unity candidate in the December presidential election.
2005 Space Shuttle Discovery, which is part of the STS-114 mission to Mars, will land at 05.12 PDT (12.12 UTC) at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
2004 Disney's Donald Duck cartoon character gets a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
2003 Europe continues to be affected by a historic heat wave that is expected to last another week. Portugal and Spain are especially hard hit by forest fires. Portugal has been declared a national catastrophe, with damage estimated at at. Additional fires have been reported in Majorca and the Canary Islands. Andalusia has temperatures of 49 degrees Celsius. Scotland sets a new record for the highest temperature ever recorded in history with 32.9 degrees Celsius (91.2 degrees F) at Greycrook near New
2002 Extreme weather: Dozens of people are killed in floods that result from torrential rains in Europe. This includes the Malse, Blanice, and Shirokaya Balka, a Black Sea resort village, near Novorossiisk, Russia. It has also caused severe damage in Spain, Bulgaria, Croatia and Italy due to the downpours.
2001 U.S. President George W. Bush announced his support for federal funding for limited research on embryonic and stem cells.
1999 Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic
1997 Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by NYC police
1996 Boris Yeltsin is sworn in at the Kremlin for a second term as President of Russia.
1995 Jerry Garcia, famed guitarist of The Grateful Dead dies from an overdose of heroin while in rehab.
1994 Phil Rizzuto Hall of Fame Night
1993 The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
1992 Streetcar Named Desire closes at Ethel Barrymore NYC after 137 performances
1988 Just one day after 8/8/88 New York lottery's daily number is 888.
1987 Les Miserables, opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv
1986 Honky Tonk Nights closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 4 performances
1984 STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad
1981 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
1980 Belgian constitution revised
1979 English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach
1978 Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7
1977 Chris Old completes a century in 37 mins, Yorks vs. Warwicks
1976 Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI vs. Glamorgan
1975 Dodger Davey Lopes steals record 32nd consecutive base without being caught
1974 US President Richard Nixon resigns presidency, Vice President Gerald Ford becomes 38th president.
1973 Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell quit Wings
1972 Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct the Space Shuttle.
1971 The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that follows.
1970 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1969 Zorba closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 305 performances
1968 Yugoslav President Tito visits Prague
1967 Biafran offensive against Nigerian army
1965 Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die
1964 1st Rolling Stones concert in the Netherlands
1963 Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres
1961 James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court
1960 Race riot in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
1957 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Giants 22, All-Stars 12
1956 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama
1953 Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, fired
1952 General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium
1951 Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation
1950 Lusty Song wins Hambletonian
1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb Fat Man on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
1944 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper Trouw, executed at Camp Vught
1942 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland
1941 Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR
1936 Jesse Owens wins fourth gold medal of Berlin Olympics.
1934 US President Franklin Roosevelt nationalizes silver.
1930 Percy Williams runs world record 100m
1925 Only time Babe Ruth is pinch-hit for in baseball; Bobby Veach flies out.
1923 New York State Golf Association formed.
1920 Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect
1918 Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix games, and suspends him for indifferent play
1916 Lassen Volcanic National Park is established in California.
1915 British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipolis
1914 German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser
1910 Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
1907 The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
1902 Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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