August 9th, 2017

Born on August 9th, 2017

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

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

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

48

Whitney Houston

American singer and actress

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

38

Anna Kendrick

American actress (born 1985)

*August 9th, 1985, Portland

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

26

Leon Bailey

Jamaican association football player

*August 9th, 1997, Jamaica

77

Paul Renner

German type designer (1878–1959)

*August 9th, 1878, Wernigerode †April 25th, 1956, Überlingen

28

Justice Smith

American actor

*August 9th, 1995, Los Angeles

39

Pierre Perrier

French actor

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

18

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

Andorran tennis player

*August 9th, 2005, Andorra la Vella

35

Willian

Brazilian association football player

*August 9th, 1988, Ribeirão Pires

47

Rhona Mitra

English actress, model and singer

*August 9th, 1976, Paddington

21

Eduard Gutiérrez

Colombian footballer (1995-2017)

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

22

Alina Harnasko

Belarusian rhythmic gymnast

*August 9th, 2001, Minsk

84

Jean Piaget

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

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

28

Hwang Min-hyun

South Korean singer and actor

*August 9th, 1995, Busan

79

Sam Elliott

American actor

*August 9th, 1944, Sacramento

65

Robert Aldrich

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

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

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6

Alana Martina dos Santos Aveiro

Daughter of Cristiano Ronaldo

*November 12th, 2017, Madrid

6

Tunku Iskandar Abdul Jalil Abu Bakar Ibrahim

His Highness Raja Muda of Johor

*October 14th, 2017, Sultanah Aminah Hospital

6

Sir Carter

Son of Beyoncé and Jay-Z

*June 13th, 2017, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

6

Rumi Carter

Daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z

*June 13th, 2017, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

6

Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna

Younger son of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden

*August 31st, 2017, Danderyd Hospital

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No: With 365 days 2017 is a normal year and no leap year.

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