August 9

August 9th is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining.

South Africa: [National Womens Day]?

Births:

• 1797 - Charles Robert Malden: British naval officer who discovered Malden Island

Deaths:

• 1975: Dmitri Shostakovich, aged 68, Russian composer
• 1995: [Jerry Garcia]?, Grateful Dead Guitarist

Events:

• 1945 - An atomic bomb nicknamed Fat Man is detonated over the city of Nagasaki, Japan. An estimated 40,000 were killed, 60,000 injured.
• 1974 - Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment in response to his role in the Watergate? scandal. His [vice president]?, Gerald R. Ford, takes the oath of office and becomes the 38th president.
• 1993 - King Albert II of Belgium is sworn into office nine days after the death of his brother, King Baudouin.

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August 8 - August 10 - July 9 - September 9 - more historical anniversaries

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