Notable Historical Events on August 9th
August 9th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
48 |
Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. |
BC AD | |
378 |
Battle of Adrianople, Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens |
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 Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete. |
1253 |
Clare of Assisi's rules confirmed by Pope Innocent IV for Clare's Order of Poor Ladies |
1329 |
Quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop |
1378 |
Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil) |
1483 |
Opening of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican |
1559 |
Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht |
1596 |
Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond |
1638 |
Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx |
1655 |
Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell divides England into 11 districts |
1666 |
Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire". |
1673 |
Dutch under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674 |
1726 |
Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover |
1757 |
English Fort William Henry, NY, surrenders to French & Indians troops |
1778 |
Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits |
1790 |
Robert Gray's Columbia Rediviva returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st American ship to circumnavigate the Globe |
1803 |
1st horses arrive in Hawaii |
1803 |
Robert Fulton tests his steam paddle-boat on the River Seine, France |
1810 |
Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. |
1815 |
Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St Helena on board British ship the Northumberland |
1829 |
"Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service |
1830 |
Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X |
1831 |
1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY) |
1841 |
Erie boat in Buffalo NY catches fire; 242 die |
1842 |
US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
1848 |
Austria & Sardinia sign cease fire |
1848 |
US Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominating Martin Van Buren for president |
1849 |
Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia |
1854 |
Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden" |
1855 |
Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising |
1859 |
Elevator patented |
1862 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain VA during US Civil War (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain) |
1862 |
Berlioz' opera "Beatrice et Benedict" premieres in Baden-Baden |
1864 |
Battle of Ft Morgan AL |
1890 |
First 44 Javans arrive in Suriname to work 5 years on sugar plantations |
1893 |
1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY |
1898 |
Rudolf Diesel, of Germany, patents the the diesel internal combustion engine |
1901 |
34-35°N/98-99°W open for US colonization |
1902 |
Edward VII of Great Britain crowned having succeeded his mother Victoria |
1904 |
Libanus McLouth Todd of Rochester, New York patents his check-writing machine, the Protectograph designed to protect against check forgers |
1905 |
Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him |
1907 |
The first Boy Scout camp concludes at Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Southern England. |
1910 |
Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine |
1914 |
German U-15 was sunk by the British cruiser, H.M.S. Birmingham |
1915 |
British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipoli |
1918 |
Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix games, & suspends him "for indifferent play" |
1920 |
Bulgarian & allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect |
1923 |
NY State Golf Association formed |
1925 |
Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out |
1930 |
113°F (45°C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record) |
1930 |
Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes |
1930 |
Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec) |
1936 |
Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics |
1941 |
Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for talks with FDR |
1942 |
200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland |
1942 |
Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony performed in Leningrad |
1942 |
Vice-Adm Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island |
1942 |
Mahatma Gandhi & 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress |
1942 |
CBS radio broadcasts the debut of "Our Secret Weapon." |
1943 |
Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei" premieres in Zurich |
1944 |
12 workers of Dutch illegal paper "Trouw" executed at Camp Vught |
1944 |
Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention |
1944 |
US 79th/90th division enter Le Mans |
1945 |
US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki |
1946 |
1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night |
1950 |
Lusty Song wins Hambletonian |
1951 |
Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation |
1952 |
General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium |
1953 |
Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir fired |
1956 |
1st state-wide state-supported educational TV network, Alabama |
1956 |
South African women demonstrate against pass laws |
1957 |
24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000) |
1960 |
Race riot in Jacksonville, Florida |
1961 |
James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court |
1963 |
Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres |
1963 |
NY Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends |
1964 |
1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands |
1964 |
Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational |
1964 |
Bunning continues pitching perfectly to NY Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings |
1965 |
Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die |
1965 |
Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day) |
1967 |
Biafran offensive against Nigerian army |
1967 |
KYAY TV channel 39 in West Monroe, LA (IND) begins broadcasting |
1968 |
Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague |
1969 |
"Zorba" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 305 performances |
1969 |
Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders |
1970 |
Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open |
1970 |
Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes |
1971 |
Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame |
1971 |
Operation Demetrius (or Internment) is introduced in Northern Ireland allowing suspected terrorists to be indefinitely detained without trial; the security forces arrested 342 people suspected of supporting paramilitaries |
1972 |
Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle |
1972 |
There is widespread and severe rioting in Nationalist areas of Northern Ireland on the anniversary of the introduction of Internment |
1973 |
Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings |
1973 |
USSR launches Mars 7 |
1974 |
Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford swears oath of office to become 38th US president |
1975 |
1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7 |
1975 |
Dodger Davey Lopes steals record 32nd consec base without being caught |
1975 |
Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Colgate European Ladies Golf Open |
1976 |
Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan |
1976 |
Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0 |
1976 |
USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth |
1977 |
Chris Old completes a century in 37 mins, Yorks v Warwicks |
1977 |
NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs |
1977 |
The military-controlled Government of Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in 1981 for a President and Congress. |
1978 |
USSR performs (underground) nuclear test |
1978 |
Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7 |
1979 |
English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach |
1980 |
Belgian constitution revised |
1981 |
52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve |
1981 |
Six English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17) |
1981 |
63rd PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots a 273 at Atlanta AC Ga |
1981 |
All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos) |
1981 |
Hollis Stacy wins LPGA West Virginia Bank Golf Classic |
1981 |
NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium) |
1984 |
Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal |
1984 |
STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad |
1986 |
"Honky Tonk Nights" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 4 perfs |
1987 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv |
1987 |
69th PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots 287 at PGA Natl Palm Beach |
1987 |
LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo) |
1987 |
Mary Beth wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic |
1987 |
The National Union of Mineworkers begin South Africa's longest wage strike |
1988 |
Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field |
1988 |
Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions |
1988 |
Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888 |
1990 |
12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia |
1990 |
Soyuz TM-10 lands |
1992 |
"Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore NYC after 137 perf |
1992 |
25th Olympic Summer games closes in Barcelona, Spain |
1992 |
Florence Descampe wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mt |
1992 |
Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower |
1992 |
Record temperature in Berlin-Dahlem 99.3°F (37.4°C) |
1993 |
King Albert II of Belgium, crowned |
1994 |
Phil Rizzuto Hall of Fame Night |
1994 |
Stanley Betrian put in charge of Curacao |
1995 |
South Africa celebrates the first National Women's Day |
1997 |
Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by NYC police |
1997 |
Yanks break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins |
1999 |
Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. |
1999 |
The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem. |
1999 |
Charles Kennedy wins the race to succeed Paddy Ashdown as the leader of the Liberal Democrats, UK |
2000 |
South African President Thabo Mbeki unveils the Women's Monument commemorating the role of women in the anti-apartheid struggle |
2001 |
US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells. |
2002 |
Barry Bonds hits his 600th career home run |
2012 |
The death toll from the Philippines' floods rise to 70 |
2012 |
Usain Bolt becomes the first person to win the 100m and 200m sprint in back to back Olympics |
2013 |
8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan |
2016 |
Susan Collins of Maine Says She Will Not Vote for Donald Trump |
2016 |
50 GOP Officials Warn Donald Trump Would Put Nation's Security 'at Risk' |
2016 |
Pogba joins United from Juventus for world record fee |
2016 |
Rugby: First rugby medal in 92 years goes to Canada with women's bronze |
2016 |
Japan's Emperor Akihito hints he will abdicate |
2016 |
Florida investigating another Zika case outside Miami |
2017 |
North Korea threatens missile strike on Guam that will create an 'enveloping fire' |
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