August 9th, 1938

Born on August 9th, 1938

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What happened on August 9th?

August 9th, 1821

The statue of A'a from Rurutu was presented to members of the London Missionary Society on the south Pacific island of Ra'iatea.

August 9th, 2014

Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African-American man, was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, resulting in widespread protests and unrest.

August 9th, 2006

British police arrested 24 people for conspiring to detonate liquid explosives carried on board airliners travelling from the UK to the US and Canada.

August 9th, 2001

A suicide bomber attacked a pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, killing 15 people and wounding 130 others.

August 9th, 1988

Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in ice hockey history.

August 9th, 1974

On the verge of an impeachment and removal from office amid the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon became the first president of the United States to resign.

August 9th, 1971

The Troubles: British forces began arresting and interning suspected Irish republican militants in Northern Ireland.

August 9th, 1969

Members of the Manson Family invaded a house and murdered American actress Sharon Tate (pictured) and four guests in Los Angeles, before killing two more people the following night.

August 9th, 1965

The state of Singapore (flag pictured) was expelled from the Malaysian federation due to a heated ideological conflict between their respective ruling parties.

August 9th, 1960

Led by Albert Kalonji, South Kasai declared its unilateral secession from the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).

August 9th, 1945

World War II: The USAAF bomber Bockscar dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb (replica pictured) on Nagasaki, Japan.

August 9th, 1944

The United States Forest Service authorized the use of Smokey Bear (pictured) as its mascot to replace Bambi.

August 9th, 1942

Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was premiered in Leningrad while the city was under siege by Nazi forces.

August 9th, 1934

The Blue Lotus, the fifth volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé and noted for its emphasis on countering negative misconceptions of Chinese people, began serialisation.

August 9th, 1902

In a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, Edward VII and Alexandra were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor and Empress of India.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 9th

Born on August 9th, 1938

86

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

86

Leonid Kuchma

The second president of Ukraine

*August 9th, 1938, Chaikyne

86

Rod Laver

Australian tennis player

*August 9th, 1938, Rockhampton

86

Robert Zollitsch

German RC Archbishop

*August 9th, 1938, Bački Gračac

86

Pierre Santini

Italian-French comedian, actor and theater director

*August 9th, 1938, Paris

46

Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux

Canadian composer

*August 9th, 1938, La Doré †February 2nd, 1985, Montreal

70

Clint Ritchie

American actor (1938-2009)

*August 9th, 1938, Grafton †January 31st, 2009, Roseville

86

Burton Gilliam

American actor

*August 9th, 1938, Dallas

36

Michèle Girardon

French actress

*August 9th, 1938, Lyon †March 25th, 1975, Lyon

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Who's birthday is on August 9th?

85

Romano Prodi

Italian politician and economist (born 1939)

*August 9th, 1939, Scandiano

48

Whitney Houston

American singer (1963–2012)

*August 9th, 1963, Newark †February 11th, 2012, The Beverly Hilton

56

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

77

Helga von Heintze

German-austrian classical archaeologist (1919-1996)

*August 9th, 1919, Bielsko-Biała †November 15th, 1996, Rome

38

Robert Adcock

Badminton player

*August 9th, 1986, Leicester

87

Yves Coppens

French paleoanthropologist (1934–2022)

*August 9th, 1934, Vannes †June 22nd, 2022, 11th arrondissement of Paris

62

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

61

Petra Pau

German politician

*August 9th, 1963, Berlin

65

Maria Guleghina

Ukrainian singer

*August 9th, 1959, Odesa

84

Jean Piaget

Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)

*August 9th, 1896, Neuchâtel †September 16th, 1980, Geneva

88

Hugo Waser

Swiss rower

*August 9th, 1936, Stansstad

48

Audrey Tautou

French actress

*August 9th, 1976, Beaumont

70

Merle Kilgore

American musician (1934-2005)

*August 9th, 1934, Chickasha †February 6th, 2005, Mexico

39

Anna Kendrick

American actress

*August 9th, 1985, Portland

48

Jessica Capshaw

American actress (born 1976)

*August 9th, 1976, Columbia

65

Robert Aldrich

American film director, screenwriter and producer (1918-1983)

*August 9th, 1918, Cranston †December 5th, 1983, Los Angeles

57

Christian Baldauf

German politician (CDU), Member of Parliament in Rhineland-Palatinate

*August 9th, 1967, Frankenthal

74

Hugo Blümner

German archaeologist and classical philologist

*August 9th, 1844, Berlin †January 1st, 1919, Zürich

88

Marvin Minsky

American cognitive scientist (1927-2016)

*August 9th, 1927, New York City †January 24th, 2016, Boston

87

Nelson Villagra

Chilean actor

*August 9th, 1937, El Carmen

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86

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

85

Lorraine Crapp

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder

*October 1st, 1938, Sydney

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

85

Barbara Henniger

German author

*November 9th, 1938, Dresden

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

66

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

86

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

86

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

79

Gene Michael

Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive

*June 2nd, 1938, Kent †September 7th, 2017, Oldsmar

86

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1938 is a normal year and no leap year.

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