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| August 9th |
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| About August 9th is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 144 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. August 9th is the International Day of the World's Indigenous People. Births 1913 - Barney Martin, actor (Seinfeld) 1913 - Herman Talmadge, former U.S. Senator (Georgia) 1918 - Robert Aldrich, film director (The Dirty Dozen) 1927 - Robert Shaw, actor, writer (Jaws) 1938 - Clint Ritchie, actor (One Life to Live) 1957 - Melanie Griffith, actress (Working Girl) 1963 - Whitney Houston, singer, actress ("I Will Always Love You") 1967 - Deion Sanders, professional football/baseball player 1972 - Juanes, rock musician, singer ("A Dios le Pido") Deaths 1969 - George Preston Marshall, Hall of Fame football owner 1995 - Jerry Garcia, musician, singer, songwriter (Grateful Dead) 2008 - Bernie Mac, comedian, actor (The Original Kings of Comedy) Events 1936 - Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the Berlin Olympics when his relay team set a new world record of 39.8 seconds in the 4x100-meter relay. 1969 - The Charles Manson cult strikes in Hollywood, California leaving five dead, including Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanski. 1974 - Gerald Ford is sworn in as President of the United States following Richard Nixon's resignation. 1976 - Hurricane Belle strikes the eastern seaboard from North Carolina to Vermont, killing a total of 12 people and doing millions of dollars of damage. 1985 - Arthur Walker, a retired United States Navy officer, is found guilty of spying for the Soviet Union during the Cold War. 1988 - Edmonton Oilers trade 27 year old center "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings. |
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