August 9

August 9

August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances

378 - Battle of Adrianople (378) between Goths and Romans.
1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
1862 - Battle of Cedar Mountain[?].
1877 - Battle of Big Hole[?] - Nez Percé[?] Indians clash with the U.S. Army.
1945 - An atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" is detonated over the city of Nagasaki, Japan. An estimated 40,000 were killed, 60,000 injured.
1965 - Singapore becomes an independent nation.
1969 - Charles Manson and cohorts murder Sharon Tate and friends.
1974 - Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, takes the oath of office and becomes the 38th president.
1993 - King Albert II of Belgium is sworn into office nine days after the death of his brother, King Baudouin.

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