August 9 holidays in 2018

Historical Events on August 9

• 378 A.D: During the Battle of Adrianople, Roman forces led by Emperor Valens are defeats by the Goths.
• 1173: Construction on what would be known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa begins on this day. Construction of the tower would take two hundred years to complete.
• 1378: Pope Urbanus VI is declared to be unchristian by Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
• 1483: The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is opened.
• 1559: Willem of Orange becomes Viceroy of Holland and Zealand.
• 1648: Jonas Bronck from Holland becomes the first European to settle in what would become known as the Bronx.
• 1814: The Creeks sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson which forces them to relinquish parts of Alabama and Georgia during the Indian Wars.
• 1842: The treaty that establishes the U.S Canadian border east of the Rocky Mountains – the Webster Ashburton Treaty – was signed on this day.
• 1854: “Walden” is published by essayist and author Henry David Thoreau.
• 1892: Thomas Edison secures a patent for the two-way telegraph.
• 1930: Betty Boob is introduced in the animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes.
• 1936: Jesse Owens wins his 4^th gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games of the XI Olympiad.
• 1942: Mahatma Gandhi is arrest by the British in Bombay. This would be the catalyst for the Quit India Movement.
• 1945: The United States drop the H-bomb nicknamed “Fat Man” on Nagasaki, Japan. This bomb killed over 35,000 people.
• 1945: The Russians invade Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
• 1965: Malaysia expels Singapore making Singapore the only country to have gained its independence unwillingly.
• 1971: The British Army launches Operation Demetrius in Northern Ireland.
• 1974: After U.S President’s Richard Nixon’s official resignation takes effect, Gerald Ford becomes the 38^th President of the United States.
• 2014: In Ferguson, Missouri, 18-year old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer. This event would spark civil unrest and protest within the city.

Famous Birthdays on August 9

• German composer Johann Michael Bach was born in Arnstadt, Germany in 1648.
• American singer and actress Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1963.
• Canadian-American NHL right winger for the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars, Brett Hull was born in 1964.
• American NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and MLB player for the NY Yankees, Deion Sanders was born in 1967.