Tukuk-OS📅 August 9
24 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 9? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashed near Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 people on board.
- 2023 — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated in Quito, eleven days before the general election.
Fernando VillavicencioAssassination of Fernando Villavicencio2023 Ecuadorian general election
- 2018 — A civilian school bus in Dahyan, Yemen, was bombed by Saudi Arabia killing at least 40 children under 15.
- 2018 — A civilian school bus in Dahyan, Yemen, was bombed by Saudi forces, killing at least 40 children.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2001 — Second Intifada: A suicide bomber attacked a pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, killing 15 people and wounding 130 others.
- 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.
- 1979 — Female workers of YH Trading in South Korea held a sit-in protest in response to the company's unilateral shutdown.
- 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.
Impeachment process against Richard NixonWatergate scandalRichard Nixon
- 1971 — The Troubles: British forces began arresting and interning suspected Irish republican militants in Northern Ireland.
- 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.
- 1960 — Led by Albert Kalonji, South Kasai declared its unilateral secession from the Republic of the Congo.
- 1956 — About 20,000 women marched on Pretoria, South Africa, to protest the introduction of pass laws for black women under apartheid.
- 1945 — World War II: The USAAF bomber Bockscar dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb (replica pictured) on Nagasaki, Japan.
- 1944 — The United States Forest Service authorized the use of Smokey Bear (pictured) as its mascot to replace Bambi.
- 1942 — World War II: In the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal campaign, Japan forced the U.S. Navy to withdraw from the Solomon Islands.
- 1942 — Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was premiered in Leningrad while the city was under siege by Nazi forces.
Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7Siege of Leningrad
- 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.
- 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.
Coronation of Edward VII and AlexandraWestminster AbbeyEdward VII
- 1897 — The first meeting of the International Congress of Mathematicians was held in Zürich, Switzerland.
- 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 conclusively.
- 1862 — American Civil War: Confederate troops counter-attacked and won the Battle of Cedar Mountain, after nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle.
American Civil WarConfederate States ArmyBattle of Cedar Mountain
- 1821 — A statue of the Polynesian god A'a was presented to members of the London Missionary Society on the south Pacific island of Ra'iatea.
Births
- 2005 — Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, Andorran tennis player
- 2003 — Kazuha, Japanese singer and dancer
- 2000 — Aidan Hutchinson, American football player
- 2000 — Arlo Parks, British singer-songwriter
- 1999 — Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater
- 1996 — Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress and model
- 1995 — Eli Apple, American football player
- 1995 — Justice Smith, American actor
- 1995 — Hwang Min-hyun, South Korean singer and actor
- 1994 — Kelli Hubly, American soccer player
- 1994 — King Von, American rapper (died 2020)
- 1993 — Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor
Deaths
- 2024 — Susan Wojcicki, Polish-American technology executive (born 1968)
- 2023 — Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1943)
- 2021 — Pat Hitchcock, English actress and producer (born 1928)
- 2021 — Killer Kau, South African rapper, dancer and record producer (born 1998)
- 2021 — Zairaini Sarbini, Malaysian voice actress (born 1972)
- 2016 — Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, third-richest British citizen (born 1951)
- 2015 — Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (born 1930)
- 2015 — John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (born 1929)
- 2015 — Walter Nahún López, Honduran footballer (born 1977)
- 2015 — David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter (born 1935)
- 2015 — Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (born 1915)
- 2015 — Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (born 1926)
Observances & holidays
- Battle of Gangut Day (Russia)
- Christian feast day: Candida Maria of Jesus
- Christian feast day: Edith Stein (St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)
- Christian feast day: Firmus and Rusticus
- Christian feast day: Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso
- Christian feast day:
Herman of Alaska (Russian Orthodox Church and related congregations; Episcopal Church (USA))
Herman of AlaskaRussian Orthodox ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
- Christian feast day: Mary Sumner (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Nath Í of Achonry
- Christian feast day: Romanus Ostiarius
- Christian feast day: Secundian, Marcellian and Verian
- Christian feast day: August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (United Nations)
International Day of the World's Indigenous PeoplesUnited Nations
- Meyboom (Brussels and Leuven, Belgium)
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
- National Peacekeepers' Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day (Canada)
- National Women's Day (South Africa)
- Day of the Finnish art, also birthday of Tove Jansson (Finland)
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