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, 487,416 hours 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.
• 1173 –
  Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
• 1814 –
  Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2006 –
  At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in an overnight operation.

Who were born on August 9?

• 1593 –
  Izaak Walton, English angler (d. 1683)
• 1631 –
  John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)
• 1696 –
  Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (d. 1772)
• 1847 –
  Queen Maria Victoria al Pozzo della Cisterna of Spain (d. 1876)
• 1911 –
  Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (d. 2001)
• 1914 –
  Joe Mercer, English footballer (d. 1990)
• 1921 –
  Ernest Angley, American televangelist
• 1930 –
  Jacques Parizeau, Quebec economist and politician
• 1953 –
  Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater
• 1968 –
  Sam Fogarino, American drummer (Interpol)

Who died on August 9?

• 378 –
  Traianus, Roman general
• 1048 –
  Pope Damasus II (birth year unknown)
• 1580 –
  Metrophanes III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1520)
• 1601 –
  Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558)
• 1949 –
  Edward Thorndike, American psychologist (b. 1874)
• 1969 –
  Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (murdered) (b. 1933)
• 1979 –
  Walter O'Malley, American baseball executive (b. 1903)
• 1996 –
  Sir Frank Whittle, British engineer and inventor of the jet engine (b. 1907)
• 2003 –
  Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
• 2006 –
  Philip E. High, science fiction author (b. 1914)