9 August
Notable Births
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
b. 2005
Andorran tennis player (born 2005)
Aidan Hutchinson
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
Arlo Parks
b. 2000
British singer
Deniss Vasiļjevs
b. 1999
Latvian figure skater (born 1999)
Sanya Lopez
b. 1996
Filipino actress (born 1996)
Eli Apple
b. 1995
American football player (born 1995)
Justice Smith
b. 1995
American actor (born 1995)
Hwang Min-hyun
b. 1995
South Korean singer and actor (born 1995)
Kelli Hubly
b. 1994
American soccer player (born 1994)
King Von
b. 1994
American rapper (1994–2020)
Jun.Q
b. 1993
South Korean rapper and actor (born 1993)
Dipa Karmakar
b. 1993
Indian gymnast and Olympic medalist
Alice Barlow
b. 1991
English actress and singer
Alexa Bliss
b. 1991
American professional wrestler (born 1991)
Hansika Motwani
b. 1991
Indian actress (born 1991)
İshak Doğan
b. 1990
Turkish footballer
Sarah McBride
b. 1990
American politician and activist (born 1990)
D'Arcy Short
b. 1990
Australian cricketer
Bill Skarsgård
b. 1990
Swedish actor and model (born 1990)
Jason Heyward
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Notable Deaths
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)
Andriy Bal
d. 2014
Ukrainian footballer and coach
Arthur G. Cohen
d. 2014
Businessperson
Ed Nelson
d. 2014
American actor, AMPAs member; mayor (1928–2014)
Harry Elliott (baseball)
d. 2013
American baseball player (1923–2013)
Eduardo Falú
d. 2013
Musical artist
William Lynch Jr.
d. 2013
American politician and political consultant (1941–2013)
Gene F. Franklin
d. 2012
Al Freeman Jr.
d. 2012
American actor (1934–2012)
David Rakoff
d. 2012
Canadian-American humorist and essayist (1964–2012)
Mel Stuart
d. 2012
American film director and producer (1928–2012)
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
d. 2010
American bassist and singer
Ted Stevens
d. 2010
American politician (1923–2010)
On This Day in History
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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
1995
Aviateca Flight 901 crashes into the San Vicente volcano in El Salvador, killing all 65 people on board.
Aviateca Flight 901
1993
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
1991
The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial.
Antonino Scopelliti
1974
As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign from office. Vice President Gerald Ford becomes president.
Watergate scandal
1973
Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
Mars 7
1971
The Troubles: In Northern Ireland, the British authorities launch Operation Demetrius. The operation involves the mass arrest and internment without trial of individuals suspected of being affiliated with the Irish Republican Army (PIRA). Mass riots follow, and thousands of people flee or are forced out of their homes.
The Troubles
1970
LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground.
LANSA Flight 502
1969
Tate–LaBianca murders: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
Tate–LaBianca murders
1965
Singapore is expelled from Malaysia.
Singapore
1960
South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
South Kasai
1945
World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
Nagasaki
1945
The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
Red Army