What are the important events that happened on August 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 9 is the 222nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 144 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 27, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,719,360 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosadigon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 173 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,249 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 9 Historical Events
- 681 –Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
- 1329 –Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
- 1810 –Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
- 1862 –American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
- 1877 –Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army
- 1907 –The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
- 1965 –A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
- 1965 –Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
- 1993 –The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
- 1999 –Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
Who were born on August 9?
- 1631 –John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)
- 1669 –Tsarina Eudoxia Lopukhina of Russia (d. 1731)
- 1845 –André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)
- 1919 –Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
- 1928 –Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (d. 2010)
- 1944 –Sam Elliott, American actor
- 1962 –John “Hot Rod” Williams, American basketball player
- 1970 –Rod Brind'Amour, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 –Mike Lamb, American baseball player
- 1976 –Jessica Capshaw, American actress
Who died on August 9?
- 803 –Irene of Athens, Byzantine Empress (b. 752)
- 1107 –Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
- 1962 –Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss writer, Nobel Laureate (b. 1877)
- 1969 –Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (murdered) (b. 1933)
- 1969 –Sharon Tate, American actress (murdered) (b. 1943)
- 1999 –Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (b. 1910)
- 2000 –John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born American economist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1920)
- 2000 –Nicholas Markowitz, American teenager kidnapped and murdered by Jesse James Hollywood (b. 1984)
- 2003 –Chester Ludgin, American baritone (b. 1925)
- 2006 –Philip E. High, science fiction author (b. 1914)
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