Today in History
9 August
224 births · 103 deaths · 44 events recorded
Notable Births
All 224 ›
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
b. 2005
Andorran tennis player (born 2005)
Jay Leggett
b. 1963
American actor, comedian and director
John E. Sweeney
b. 1955
American politician (born 1955)
Camilla Wicks
b. 1928
American violinist (1928–2020)
Charles Farrell
b. 1900
American actor (1900–1990)
Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
b. 1881
Brazilian prince
Francesco Barozzi
b. 1537
Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist (1537–1604)
Arnold Fitz Thedmar
b. 1201
English chronicler and merchant (1201–1275)
Notable Deaths
All 103 ›
Susan Wojcicki
d. 2024
American business executive (1968–2024)
Robbie Robertson
d. 2023
Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist (1943–2023)
Pat Hitchcock
d. 2021
British-American actress and producer (1928–2021)
Zairaini Sarbini
d. 2021
Malaysian freelance voice actress (1972–2021)
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
d. 2016
British landowner, businessman, aristocrat and Territorial Army officer (1951–2016)
Frank Gifford
d. 2015
American football player and television sportscaster (1930–2015)
John Henry Holland
d. 2015
American researcher in genetic algorithms (1929–2015)
Kayyar Kinhanna Rai
d. 2015
Indian poet and activist (1915–2015)
On This Day in History
All 44 ›
2024
Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
Voepass Flight 2283
2021
The Tampere light rail officially starts operating.
Tampere light rail
2014
Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
Ferguson, Missouri
2013
Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30.
Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013
2012
Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman to officiate an NFL game.
Shannon Eastin
2007
Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes after takeoff from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia, killing all 20 people on board.
Air Moorea Flight 1121
2006
At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
1999
Russian president Boris Yeltsin fires his prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
Boris Yeltsin