August 9th, 2078

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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

Birthdays and future age on August 9th, 2078

92

Robert Adcock

Badminton player

*August 9th, 1986, Leicester

140

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

110

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

115

Petra Pau

German politician

*August 9th, 1963, Berlin

116

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

93

Anna Kendrick

American actress

*August 9th, 1985, Portland

102

Audrey Tautou

French actress

*August 9th, 1976, Beaumont

119

Maria Guleghina

Ukrainian singer

*August 9th, 1959, Odesa

102

Jessica Capshaw

American actress (born 1976)

*August 9th, 1976, Columbia

111

Christian Baldauf

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

*August 9th, 1967, Frankenthal

139

Romano Prodi

Italian politician and economist (born 1939)

*August 9th, 1939, Scandiano

117

John Key

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016

*August 9th, 1961, Auckland

140

Leonid Kuchma

The second president of Ukraine

*August 9th, 1938, Chaikyne

81

Leon Bailey

Jamaican association football player

*August 9th, 1997, Jamaica

105

Filippo Inzaghi

Italian footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1973, Piacenza

83

Justice Smith

American actor

*August 9th, 1995, Los Angeles

90

Willian

Brazilian association football player

*August 9th, 1988, Ribeirão Pires

121

Melanie Griffith

American actress

*August 9th, 1957, Manhattan

125

Ludo Peeters

Belgian cyclist

*August 9th, 1953, Hoogstraten

94

Pierre Perrier

French actor

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

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