August 9 August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. Events 100 BCE-1899 48 BCE - Roman Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 378 - 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 2/3 of his army. 1173 - Construction of the (Leaning) Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete. 1483 - Opening of the Sistine Chapel 1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. 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 - Near Big Hole River in Montana, a small band of Nez Percé Indians who refused government orders to move to a reservation, clash with the United States Army. The army lost 29 soldiers and Indians lost 89 warriors in a US Army win. 1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph. 1900-1999 1902 - Edward VII is crowned king of the United Kingdom. 1930 - Betty Boop premiers in the animated film Dizzy Dishes. 1936 - 1936 Summer Olympics: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympics. 1942 - Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces. 1944 - The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey the Bear for the first time. 1945 - World War II: An atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" is dropped by the B-29 Bockscar on the city of Nagasaki, Japan at 11:02 AM (local time) with an equivalent force of 22,000 tons of TNT. An estimated 60,000-80,000 are killed and more 60,000 injured. 1965 - Singapore proclaims its independence from the Malaysian Federation. 1965 - Space disasters: Fire at Titan missile base near Little Rock, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers. 1967 - Vietnam War: Operation Cochise initiated - United States Marines begin a new operation in the Que Son Valley. 1969 - Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder five people including Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring and, Abigail Folger. 1974 - Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office, an action reportedly taken to prevent time from being wasted in impeachment proceedings in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, takes the oath of office and becomes the 38th president. 1988 - Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial transactions in hockey history. 1989 - Kaifu Toshiki becomes Prime Minister of Japan. 1993 - King Albert II of Belgium is sworn into office nine days after the death of his brother, King Baudouin. The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership as Hosokawa Morihiro becomes the first non-LDP Prime Minister of Japan since 1955. 1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem. 2000-2099 2000 - A Piper Navajo and a Piper Seminole collide in mid-air over a housing development in Burlington, New Jersey killing 11 2001 - US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells. 2004 - The Who play at The Hollywood Bowl. Births 1500-1899 1593 - Izaak Walton, angler (d. 1683) 1757 - Thomas Telford, civil engineer (d. 1834) 1797 - Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer who discovered Malden Island (d. 1855) 1805 - Joseph Locke, railway and civil engineer (d. 1860) 1875 - Reynaldo Hahn, composer (d. 1947) 1896 - Jean Piaget, child psychologist (d. 1980) 1899 - P. L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins (d. 1996) 1900-1999 1902 - Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991) 1914 - Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin books (d. 2001) 1919 - Ralph Houk, professional baseball player and manager (MLB) 1927 - Robert Shaw, actor (d. 1978) 1928 - Bob Cousy, professional basketball player (NBA) 1933 - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi - Japanese television personality, children's author. 1938 - Rod Laver, tennis player 1944 - Sam Elliott, actor 1945 - Ken Norton, boxing champion 1945 - Posy Simmonds, cartoonist 1949 - Jonathan Kellerman, mystery writer 1957 - Melanie Griffith, actress (Working Girl, The Bonfire of the Vanities) 1963 - Whitney Houston, singer and actress 1964 - Brett Hull, professional hockey player (NHL) 1967 - Deion Sanders, professional football player (NFL) 1968 - Gillian Anderson, actress 1968 - Eric Bana, actor 1969 - Troy Percival, Major League Baseball All-Star 1976 - Jessica Capshaw, actress (The Practice) 1976 - Rhona Mitra, actress (The Practice) 1977 - Chamique Holdsclaw, professional basketball player (WNBA) 1978 - Audrey Tautou, actress Deaths 100-1899 117 - Trajan, Roman emperor 378 - Valens, Roman emperor (Killed in battle) 1048 - Pope Damasus II 1900-1999 1919 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, composer 1942 - Edith Stein, (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) at Auschwitz 1945 - Harry Hillman, American athlete 1962 - Hermann Hesse, author (b. 1877) 1969 - Sharon Tate, actress 1969 - Jay Sebring, Hollywood hair stylist 1969 - Abigail Folger, Coffee heiress 1975 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer 1995 - Jerry Garcia, guitarist: Grateful Dead 2000 and beyond 2002 - Peter Neville, anarchist, sociologist and peace activist 2003 - Ray Harford, football manager 2003 - Gregory Hines, actor, tap dancer (b. 1946) Holidays and observances Feast day of Saint Romanus Ostiarius South Africa: National Women's Day Singapore: National Day Recorded this date 1907 "Honey Boy" (w. Jack Norworth m. Albert Von Tilzer) - Billy Murray 1907 "Golden Rod" (McKinley) - Billy Murray 1912 "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" (w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry I. Marshall) - Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt 1912 "The Wedding Glide" (w.m. Louis Hirsch) - Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt 1916 "I Ain't Got Nobody" (w. Roger Graham & Dave Peyton m. Spencer Williams) - Marion Harris 1920 "Wang Wang Blues" (w. Leo Wood m. Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson & Henry Busse) - with tpt. Henry Busse w. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra 1934 "Two Cigarettes In The Dark" (w. Paul Francis Webster m. Lew Pollack) - Frank Parker 1936 "When I'm With You" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel) - Gene Austin with O/Victor Young 1936 "I Cried For You" (w. Arthur Freed m. Gus Arnheim & Abe Lyman) - Gene Austin with O/Victor Young 1937 "Topsy" (m. Eddie Durham & Edgar Battle) - Count Basie & his Orchestra 1938 "Lambeth Walk" (w. Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose m. Noel Gay) - Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1938 "Prelude To A Kiss" (w. Irving Gordon & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington) - Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1938 "Just Let Me Look At You" (w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern) - Cyril Grantham with Geraldo 1938 "You Couldn't Be Cuter" (w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern) - Cyril Grantham with Geraldo 1941 "Sam Goes To It" (Marriott Edgar) - Stanley Holloway 1945 "Surprise Party" (w.m. Bob Hilliard & Walter Bishop) - Johnny Mercer with O/Paul Weston 1945 "Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow" (w. B. G. De Sylva m. Al Sherman) - Bing Crosby with Eddie Heywood & his Orchestra 1945 "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" (w.m. Charles Warfield & Clarence Williams) - Bing Crosby with Eddie Heywood Orchestra 1946 "So Much in Love" (Hoyl, Goetschivs) - Bing Crosby with O/Victor Young 1946 "When You Make Love to Me" (Hoyl, Goetschivs) - Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter 1949 "Saturday Night Fish Fry" (w.m. Louis Jordan, Ellis Walsh & Al Carters) - Louis Jordan with Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five 1949 "A Thousand Violins" (w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans) - Dinah Shore with O/Harry Zimmerman 1949 "Speak A Word Of Love (I Wish, I Wish)" (Robert Wells, David Saxon) - Dinah Shore with O/Harry Zimmerman 1950 "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (w.m. Johnny Marks) - Spike Jones & his City Slickers 1950 "Baby Buggy Boogie" - Spike Jones & his City Slickers 1950 "Yaacka Hula Hickey Dula" (w.m. E. Ray Goetz, Joe Young & Pete Wendling) - Rhythmaires with Spike Jones & his City Slickers 1953 "Money Honey" (w.m. Jesse Stone) - The Drifters 1955 "Fabulous Character" (w.m. Bennie Benjamin & Sol Marcus) - Sarah Vaughan with O/Hugo Peretti 1960 "I Feel Pretty" (w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein) - Marni Nixon, Yvonne Othon, Joanne Miya & Suzie Kaye with O/Johnny Green 1960 "Tonight" (w. Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein m. Leonard Bernstein) - Marni Nixon & Jim Bryant with O/Johnny Green 1960 "North To Alaska" (w.m. Mike Phillips) - Johnny Horton 1962 "Your Used To Be" (Greenfield) - Brenda Lee 1967 "Massachusetts" (w.m. Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb) - Bee Gees 1968 "Lily The Pink" (Trad. Arr. 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