August 9th, 2004

Born on August 9th, 2004

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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, 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.

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, 2004

19

Idan Toklomati-Jorno

Israeli-Beninese asoociation footballer

*August 9th, 2004, Netanya

19

Georgiy Harutyunyan

Armenian professional football player

*August 9th, 2004, Krasnodar

19

Danial Ibrahim

English cricketer

*August 9th, 2004, Burnley

19

Diana Baieva

Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast

*August 9th, 2004, Makiivka

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

37

Robert Adcock

Badminton player

*August 9th, 1986, Leicester

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

38

Anna Kendrick

American actress (born 1985)

*August 9th, 1985, Portland

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

26

Leon Bailey

Jamaican association football player

*August 9th, 1997, Jamaica

48

Whitney Houston

American singer and actress

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

28

Justice Smith

American actor

*August 9th, 1995, Los Angeles

47

Audrey Tautou

French actress

*August 9th, 1976, Beaumont

60

Petra Pau

German politician

*August 9th, 1963, Berlin

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

47

Jessica Capshaw

American actress (born 1976)

*August 9th, 1976, Columbia

24

Deniss Vasiļjevs

Latvian figure skater

*August 9th, 1999, Daugavpils

23

Marta García

Spanish professional racing driver

*August 9th, 2000, Dénia

77

Helga von Heintze

German-austrian classical archaeologist (1919-1996)

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

18

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

Andorran tennis player

*August 9th, 2005, Andorra la Vella

21

Eduard Gutiérrez

Colombian footballer (1995-2017)

*August 9th, 1995, El Agrado †May 7th, 2017, Garzón

56

Christian Baldauf

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

*August 9th, 1967, Frankenthal

35

Willian

Brazilian association football player

*August 9th, 1988, Ribeirão Pires

84

Maria

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

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

74

Hugo Blümner

German archaeologist and classical philologist

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

Same year
Born in 2004

19

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

19

Gayle

American singer and songwriter

*June 10th, 2004, Dallas

19

Wejdene

French R&B singer

*April 23rd, 2004, Saint-Denis

20

Liu Shengshu

Badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

20

Justin Hoh

Malaysian badminton player

*April 1st, 2004, Kuala Lumpur

19

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu Regency

19

Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari

Badminton player

*May 11th, 2004, Purwokerto

20

Nethania Irawan

Badminton player

*February 4th, 2004, Surabaya

20

Putra Erwiansyah

Badminton player

*February 15th, 2004, Makassar City

20

Liu Yutong

Badminton player

*March 5th, 2004, Cangzhou

20

Grace VanderWaal

American singer-songwriter

*January 15th, 2004, Lenexa

20

Victor Wembanyama

French basketball player

*January 4th, 2004, Le Chesnay

19

Krisia Todorova

Bulgarian singer

*June 1st, 2004, Varna

19

Lequincio Zeefuik

Dutch association football player

*November 26th, 2004, Amsterdam

20

Kaitlyn Maher

American actress

*January 10th, 2004, Novi

20

Linus Gechter

German association football player

*February 27th, 2004, Berlin

20

Millie Bobby Brown

British actress (born. 2004)

*February 19th, 2004, Marbella

19

Letizia Roscher

German figure skater

*October 7th, 2004, Chemnitz

19

Mana Ashida

Japanese actress and singer

*June 23rd, 2004, Nishinomiya

20

Savika Refa Zahira

Indonesian figure skater

*April 4th, 2004, Jakarta

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 9th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 9th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on August 9th, 2004
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 2004 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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