August 09

Tuesday 09, 2005:

Space Shuttle Discovery makes successful touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base, California

Thursday 09, 2001:

In Jerusalem, 15 people die and 130 wounded in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing.

Wednesday 09, 2000:

A Piper Navajo and a Piper Seminole collide in mid-air over a housing development in Burlington, New Jersey, killing 11

Monday 09, 1999:

The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem.

Wednesday 09, 1995:

Netscape launches IPO.

Monday 09, 1993:

King Albert II of Belgium is sworn into office nine days after the death of his brother, King Baudouin.

Wednesday 09, 1989:

Kaifu Toshiki becomes Prime Minister of Japan.

Tuesday 09, 1988:

Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial transactions in hockey history.

Saturday 09, 1986:

1987 - Five people shot dead + Eleven injured as 19-year old Julian Knight opens fire @ random in Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, VIC

Tuesday 09, 1983:

Peter Jennings hosts his first broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight as sole anchor.

Friday 09, 1974:

Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office, an action reportedly taken to prevent time from being wasted in impeachment proceedings in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, takes the oath of office and becomes the 38th president.

Saturday 09, 1969:

Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder five people,Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, and Abigail Folger.

Wednesday 09, 1967:

United States Marines begin a new operation in the Que Son Valley.

Monday 09, 1965:

Space disasters: A fire at a Titan missile base near Little Rock, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.

Thursday 09, 1945:

World War II: An atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man", with an energy of 92 terajoules (22,000 tons of TNT), is dropped by the B-29 Bockscar on the city of Nagasaki, Japan at 11:02 AM (local time). An estimated 70,000-90,000 are killed and 80,000 more are injured.

Wednesday 09, 1944:

The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey the Bear for the first time.

Sunday 09, 1942:

Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.

Sunday 09, 1936:

1936 Summer Olympics: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.

Saturday 09, 1902:

Edward VII is crowned king of the United Kingdom.

Tuesday 09, 1892:

Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.

Thursday 09, 1877:

Near Big Hole River in Montana, a small band of Nez Percé Indians who refused government orders to move to a reservation, clash with the United States Army. The army lost 29 soldiers and Indians lost 89 warriors in a US Army win.

Saturday 09, 1862:

At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.

Tuesday 09, 1842:

Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.

Thursday 09, 1483:

Opening of the Sistine Chapel

Thursday 09, 1173:

Construction of the (Leaning) Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.

Tuesday 09, 681:

Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.

Wednesday 09, 378:

Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with 2/3 of his army.

Monday 09, -48:

Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.

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