August 9th, 1969

Born on August 9th, 1969

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What happened on August 9th, 1969?

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.

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What else happened on August 9th?

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 amidst the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon became the first president of the United States to resign his office.

August 9th, 1971

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

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 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.

August 9th, 1877

Nez Perce War: Both the Nez Perce and the United States Army suffered numerous casualties at the Battle of the Big Hole, which ended inconclusively.

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

Born on August 9th, 1969

54

Estella Marie Thompson

American television personality and former prostitute

*August 9th, 1969, San Francisco

54

Troy Percival

American baseball player

*August 9th, 1969, Fontana

49

Paloma Tortajada

Spanish journalist and radio & television presenter (1969-2019)

*August 9th, 1969, Zaragoza †April 25th, 2019, Madrid

54

Vivek Mushran

Indian actor

*August 9th, 1969, Renukoot

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 9th?

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

48

Whitney Houston

American singer and actress

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

56

Christian Baldauf

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

*August 9th, 1967, Frankenthal

37

Robert Adcock

Badminton player

*August 9th, 1986, Leicester

60

Petra Pau

German politician

*August 9th, 1963, Berlin

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

55

Eric Bana

Australian film and television actor

*August 9th, 1968, Melbourne

47

Audrey Tautou

French actress

*August 9th, 1976, Beaumont

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

47

Jessica Capshaw

American actress (born 1976)

*August 9th, 1976, Columbia

38

Anna Kendrick

American actress (born 1985)

*August 9th, 1985, Portland

50

Filippo Inzaghi

Italian footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1973, Piacenza

62

John Key

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016

*August 9th, 1961, Auckland

51

Davide Rebellin

Italian road bicycle racer (1971–2022)

*August 9th, 1971, San Bonifacio †November 30th, 2022, Montebello Vicentino

77

Helga von Heintze

German-austrian classical archaeologist (1919-1996)

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

51

Juanes

Colombian musician (born 1972)

*August 9th, 1972, Medellín

64

Maria Guleghina

Ukrainian singer

*August 9th, 1959, Odesa

53

Thomas Lennon

American actor and screenwriter

*August 9th, 1970, Oak Park

84

Maria

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

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

66

Melanie Griffith

American actress

*August 9th, 1957, Manhattan

Same year
Born in 1969

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

54

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

54

Catrine Bengtsson

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1969, Gothenburg

54

Jyri Aalto

Finnish badminton player

*July 11th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1969 is a normal year and no leap year.

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