August 9th, 1974

Born on August 9th, 1974

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What happened on August 9th, 1974?

August 9th, 1974

As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. Vice President Gerald Ford becomes president.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon

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, 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 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, 1974

49

Derek Fisher

American basketball player and coach

*August 9th, 1974, Little Rock

49

Stephen Fung

Hong Kong actor, director, producer and singer

*August 9th, 1974, British Hong Kong

49

Zain Bhikha

South African singer-songwriter

*August 9th, 1974, Pretoria

49

Kenya Barris

American screenwriter

*August 9th, 1974, Inglewood

49

Kirill Reznik

American politician

*August 9th, 1974, Kyiv

49

Matt Morris

American baseball player

*August 9th, 1974, Middletown

49

Jonathon Power

Canadian squash player

*August 9th, 1974, Comox

49

Raphaël Poirée

French biathlete

*August 9th, 1974, Rives

49

Senta Auth

German actress

*August 9th, 1974, Munich

49

Marco Santucci

Italian comics artist

*August 9th, 1974, Arezzo

49

Nicola Stapleton

English actress

*August 9th, 1974, Southwark

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

47

Audrey Tautou

French actress

*August 9th, 1976, Beaumont

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

47

Jessica Capshaw

American actress (born 1976)

*August 9th, 1976, Columbia

37

Robert Adcock

Badminton player

*August 9th, 1986, Leicester

50

Filippo Inzaghi

Italian footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1973, Piacenza

48

Whitney Houston

American singer and actress

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

60

Petra Pau

German politician

*August 9th, 1963, Berlin

38

Anna Kendrick

American actress (born 1985)

*August 9th, 1985, Portland

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

56

Christian Baldauf

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

*August 9th, 1967, Frankenthal

51

Juanes

Colombian musician (born 1972)

*August 9th, 1972, Medellín

55

Eric Bana

Australian film and television actor

*August 9th, 1968, Melbourne

77

Helga von Heintze

German-austrian classical archaeologist (1919-1996)

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

48

Mahesh Babu

Indian actor

*August 9th, 1975, Chennai

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

47

Rhona Mitra

British actress (born 1976)

*August 9th, 1976, Paddington

28

Justice Smith

American actor

*August 9th, 1995, Los Angeles

39

Pierre Perrier

French actor

*August 9th, 1984, Nogent-sur-Marne

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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