What are the important events that happened on August 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 9 is the 222nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 144 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 27, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,719,360 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosadigon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 173 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,249 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 9 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1902 –Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1930 –Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
- 1942 –Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
- 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 –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 followed.
- 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.
- 1988 –Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in hockey history, upsetting many Canadians.
- 1993 –The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
- 2006 –At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in an overnight operation.
Who were born on August 9?
- 1631 –John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)
- 1754 –Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect, planner of Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)
- 1920 –Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2007)
- 1921 –J. James Exon, American politician (d. 2005)
- 1925 –David A. Huffman, American computer scientist (d. 1999)
- 1946 –Jim Kiick, American football player
- 1947 –Barbara Mason, American soul singer
- 1951 –Steve Swisher, American baseball player
- 1974 –Nicola Stapleton, English actress
- 1980 –Ryu Seung-beom, South Korean actor
Who died on August 9?
- 833 –Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)
- 1580 –Metrophanes III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1520)
- 1816 –Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)
- 1949 –Edward Thorndike, American psychologist (b. 1874)
- 1962 –Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss writer, Nobel Laureate (b. 1877)
- 1969 –Wojciech Frykowski, Polish writer (murdered) (b. 1936)
- 1985 –Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (b. 1927)
- 1988 –Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (b. 1905)
- 1996 –Sir Frank Whittle, British engineer and inventor of the jet engine (b. 1907)
- 2006 –Philip E. High, science fiction author (b. 1914)
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