Historical events on August 9
AUGUST 9, 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.
The Manson Family was a commune, gang, and cult led by criminal Charles Manson that was active in California in the late
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AUGUST 9, 2001
A suicide bomber attacked a pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, killing 15 people and wounding 130 others.
A Palestinian suicide bombing at a pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem on 9 August 2001 killed 16 people, including seven children and a
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AUGUST 9, 1960
Led by Albert Kalonji, South Kasai declared its unilateral secession from the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
Albert Kalonji was a Congolese politician and businessman from the Luba ya Kasai nobility. He was elected emperor (Mulopwe) of the Baluba
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AUGUST 9, 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.
Wayne Douglas Gretzky is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National
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AUGUST 9, 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.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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AUGUST 9, 1862
American Civil War: After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate troops counter-attacked and achieved a victory.
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in
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AUGUST 9, 1965
The state of Singapore (flag pictured) was expelled from the Malaysian federation due to a heated ideological conflict between their respective ruling parties.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island,
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AUGUST 9, 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.
The impeachment process against Richard Nixon was initiated by the United States House of Representatives on October 30, 1973, during the course
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AUGUST 9, 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.
The statue of A'a from Rurutu is a wooden sculpture of the god A'a that was made on the Pacific island of
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AUGUST 9, 1945
World War II: The USAAF bomber Bockscar dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb (replica pictured) on Nagasaki, Japan.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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AUGUST 9, 1942
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was premiered in Leningrad while the city was under siege by Nazi forces.
Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 had its Leningrad première on 9 August 1942 during the Second World War, while the city was
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AUGUST 9, 1944
The United States Forest Service authorized the use of Smokey Bear (pictured) as its mascot to replace Bambi.
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 national forests
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AUGUST 9, 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.
The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried aboard airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to
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AUGUST 9, 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.
On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.
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AUGUST 9, 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.
The Nez Perce War was an armed conflict in 1877 in the Western United States that pitted several bands of the Nez Perce
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AUGUST 9, 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.
The coronation of Edward VII and his wife, Alexandra, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions took place
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AUGUST 9, 1956
About 20,000 women marched on Pretoria, South Africa, to protest the introduction of pass laws for black women under apartheid.
Women's March took place on 9 August 1956 in Pretoria, South Africa. The marchers' aims were to protest the introduction of the
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AUGUST 9, 1897
The first meeting of the International Congress of Mathematicians was held in Zürich, Switzerland.
The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted
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AUGUST 9, 1971
The Troubles: British forces began arresting and interning suspected Irish republican militants in Northern Ireland.
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also
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AUGUST 9, 2008
A civilian school bus in Dahyan, Yemen, was bombed by Saudi Arabia killing at least 40 children under 15.
Dahyan, sometimes rendered as Dhahyan or Duhyan, is a town in Saada Governorate in north-western Yemen. It is the birthplace of Badreddin
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