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, 1,723,161,600 seconds 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
1173 –
Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
1810 –
Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
1862 –
American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
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.
1944 –
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 front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
1944 –
The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
1965 –
Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
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.
Who were born on August 9?
1537 –
Francesco Barozzi, Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist (d. 1604)
1722 –
Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d. 1758)
1845 –
André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)
1925 –
David A. Huffman, American computer scientist (d. 1999)
1959 –
Kurtis Blow, American rapper
1966 –
Vinny Del Negro, American basketball player and head coach
1977 –
Csaba Csordás, Hungarian football player
1981 –
Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player
1983 –
Alicja Smietana, Polish violinist
1989 –
Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer
Who died on August 9?
1946 –
Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
1969 –
Sharon Tate, American actress (murdered) (b. 1943)
1969 –
Steven Parent, American student (murdered) (b. 1951)
1969 –
Wojciech Frykowski, Polish writer (murdered) (b. 1936)
1974 –
Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)
1988 –
Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
1995 –
Jerry Garcia, American guitarist (Grateful Dead) (b. 1942)
2000 –
John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born American economist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1920)
2003 –
Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (b. 1946)
2004 –
Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918)
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