August 9th, 2023

Born on August 9th, 2023

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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

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

38

Robert Adcock

Badminton player

*August 9th, 1986, Leicester

56

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

86

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

39

Anna Kendrick

American actress

*August 9th, 1985, Portland

48

Whitney Houston

American singer (1963–2012)

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

61

Petra Pau

German politician

*August 9th, 1963, Berlin

62

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

48

Audrey Tautou

French actress

*August 9th, 1976, Beaumont

48

Jessica Capshaw

American actress (born 1976)

*August 9th, 1976, Columbia

77

Helga von Heintze

German-austrian classical archaeologist (1919-1996)

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

29

Justice Smith

American actor

*August 9th, 1995, Los Angeles

27

Leon Bailey

Jamaican association football player

*August 9th, 1997, Jamaica

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

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

51

Filippo Inzaghi

Italian footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1973, Piacenza

63

John Key

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016

*August 9th, 1961, Auckland

25

Deniss Vasiļjevs

Latvian figure skater

*August 9th, 1999, Daugavpils

24

Marta García

Spanish professional racing driver

*August 9th, 2000, Dénia

40

Pierre Perrier

French actor

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

65

Robert Aldrich

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

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

36

Willian

Brazilian association football player

*August 9th, 1988, Ribeirão Pires

85

Romano Prodi

Italian politician and economist (born 1939)

*August 9th, 1939, Scandiano

39

Filipe Luís

Brazilian association football player

*August 9th, 1985, Jaraguá do Sul

56

Eric Bana

Australian actor

*August 9th, 1968, Melbourne

87

Yves Coppens

French paleoanthropologist (1934–2022)

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

86

Leonid Kuchma

The second president of Ukraine

*August 9th, 1938, Chaikyne

50

Jean Lorrain

French Symbolist poet and novelist

*August 9th, 1855, Fécamp †June 30th, 1906, Paris

86

Tove Jansson

Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)

*August 9th, 1914, Helsinki †June 27th, 2001, Helsinki

67

Melanie Griffith

American actress

*August 9th, 1957, Manhattan

33

Hansika Motwani

Indian actress

*August 9th, 1991, Mumbai

72

Reynaldo Hahn

Venezuelan-French composer (1874-1947)

*August 9th, 1874, Caracas †January 28th, 1947, Paris

78

Rinus Gerritsen

Dutch musician

*August 9th, 1946, The Hague

88

Marvin Minsky

American cognitive scientist (1927-2016)

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

71

Ludo Peeters

Belgian cyclist

*August 9th, 1953, Hoogstraten

70

Marta Brunet

Chilean writer

*August 9th, 1897, Chillán †October 27th, 1967, Montevideo

69

Arnold Vaatz

German politician

*August 9th, 1955, Weida

98

Eileen Gray

Irish architect and designer (1878-1976)

*August 9th, 1878, Enniscorthy †October 31st, 1976, 14th arrondissement of Paris

71

Jean Tirole

French economist

*August 9th, 1953, Troyes

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No: With 365 days 2023 is a normal year and no leap year.

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