Summer Olympics: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games. Jesse Owens, born James Cleveland Owens in 1913, was an American track and…
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9 August 1936
Summer Olympics: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games. Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who is most famous…
9 August 1500
Ottoman–Venetian War of 1499–1503: The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia. The Ottoman-Venetian War of 1499-1503 was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of…
9 August 1965
Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
9 August 48 BC
Caesar’s Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
9 August 1973
Mars 7 is launched from the USSR. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_7′]
9 August 1969
The Manson Family commits the Tate murders. In the early morning hours of August 9, 1969, actress Sharon Tate, who was 8 1/2 months pregnant,…
9 August 1854
Henry David Thoreau first publishes Walden. Henry David Thoreau published only two books during his lifetime: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and…
9 August 1965
Singapore becomes the only country ever to gain independence unwillingly as it is expelled from Malaysia.