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| Birthday August 09, 1593 Izaac Walton, fisherman, writer (Compleat Angler) |
| Birthday August 09, 1776 Amedeo Avogadro, 6.022 x 10 ^ 23 |
| Birthday August 09, 1825 Elisha Ferry, (R), governor of Wash. terr., state (1872-80, 1889-93) |
| Birthday August 09, 1896 Jean Piaget, pioneer developmental psychologist |
| Birthday August 09, 1897 Ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography |
| Birthday August 09, 1911 William A. Fowler, US astrophysicist (Nobel 1983) |
| Birthday August 09, 1913 Herman Talmadge, (Sen-D-Ga) |
| Birthday August 09, 1919 Ralph Houk, baseball manager |
| Birthday August 09, 1921 J. James Exon, (D-Neb-Sen) |
| Birthday August 09, 1928 Jimmy Dean, Actor |
| Birthday August 09, 1928 Bob Cousy, NBA star |
| Birthday August 09, 1930 Betty Boop, animation |
| Birthday August 09, 1932 Marvin Minsky, artificial intelligence worker |
| Birthday August 09, 1942 David Steinberg, Comedian-director |
| Birthday August 09, 1944 Sam Elliott, Actor |
| Birthday August 09, 1949 Mystery writer Jonathan Kellerman born |
| Birthday August 09, 1957 Melanie Griffith, Actress |
| Birthday August 09, 1963 Whitney Houston, Singer |
| History August 09, 0378 Romans routed at Adrianople |
| History August 09, 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor (in Scotland) |
| History August 09, 1776 Guy Johnson predicts Indian allegiances |
| History August 09, 1778 Capt. Cook passes through Bering Strait |
| History August 09, 1786 1st ascent of Mt. Blanc |
| History August 09, 1803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii |
| History August 09, 1842 US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
| History August 09, 1848 Free-Soil Party nominates Martin Van Buren for president |
| History August 09, 1849 Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia |
| History August 09, 1854 Henry David Thoreau published `Walden' |
| History August 09, 1862 Rebels score narrow victory at the Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| History August 09, 1877 Nez Perce fight Battle of Big Hole |
| History August 09, 1902 Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria. |
| History August 09, 1914 Walter Rathenau of AEG takes charge of German war production |
| History August 09, 1925 Only time Babe Ruth was pinch hit for Bobby Veach flied out |
| History August 09, 1930 Betty Boop debutes in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes. |
| History August 09, 1936 Owens wins 4th gold medal |
| History August 09, 1936 Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal of the Berlin Olympics |
| History August 09, 1942 Britain arrested Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi |
| History August 09, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki |
| History August 09, 1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb on Japan destroying part of Nagasaki |
| History August 09, 1956 South African women demonstrate against pass laws |
| History August 09, 1956 1st state-wide state-supported educational TV network Alabama |
| History August 09, 1965 Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day) |
| History August 09, 1967 Marines launch Operation Cochise |
| History August 09, 1969 Manson cult kills five people |
| History August 09, 1969 The Manson family commits the Tate-LaBianca murders |
| History August 09, 1969 Actress Sharon Tate found murdered |
| History August 09, 1973 USSR launches Mars 7 |
| History August 09, 1974 Nixon leaves office |
| History August 09, 1974 Ford is inaugurated |
| History August 09, 1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency |
| History August 09, 1976 Hurricane Belle strikes Eastern Seaboard |
| History August 09, 1978 Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7 |
| History August 09, 1985 Arthur Walker found guilty of spying for Soviet Union |
| History August 09, 1988 The Great One gets traded |
| History August 09, 1995 Jerry Garcia dies |
| History August 09, 2000 Bridgestone/Firestone announces massive tire recall |
| History August 09, 2010 JetBlue flight attendant quits job via escape slide |