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 221^st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 144 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 27, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,244,960 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 ‘dihectaicosahenagon’ 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 192 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 4,614 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 9 Historical Events

• 378 –
  Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
• 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.
• 1862 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
• 1925 –
  A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India
• 1936 –
  Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
• 1944 –
  The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
• 1965 –
  A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
• 1971 –
  The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
• 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?

• 1593 –
  Izaak Walton, English angler (d. 1683)
• 1935 –
  Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (d. 2008)
• 1943 –
  Ken Norton, American boxer
• 1949 –
  Jonathan Kellerman, American writer
• 1952 –
  Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician
• 1959 –
  Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor
• 1963 –
  Whitney Houston, American singer and actress
• 1970 –
  Chris Cuomo, American TV journalist
• 1970 –
  Rod Brind'Amour, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 –
  Adewale Ogunleye, American football player

Who died on August 9?

• 378 –
  Traianus, Roman general
• 803 –
  Irene of Athens, Byzantine Empress (b. 752)
• 1720 –
  Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)
• 1979 –
  Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founder the Crips (b. 1953)
• 1985 –
  Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (b. 1927)
• 1990 –
  Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
• 1992 –
  Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer (b. 1938)
• 1995 –
  Jerry Garcia, American guitarist (Grateful Dead) (b. 1942)
• 2002 –
  Peter Neville, British anarchist, sociologist and peace activist (birth year unknown)
• 2005 –
  Matthew McGrory, American actor (b. 1973)