Public Holidays on August 9

• 🌍 National Day (Singapore)
• 🌍 National Women's Day (South Africa)

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On This Day in History — August 9

• 2014 — Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking...
• 2013 — Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30.
• 2006 — At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
• 1999 — Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
• 1993 — The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
• 1991 — The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government’s case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial.

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Notable Births on August 9

• 1999 — Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater
• 1991 — Alice Barlow, English actress
• 1991 — Alexa Bliss, American bodybuilder and wrestler
• 1990 — İshak Doğan, Turkish footballer
• 1990 — Stuart McInally, Scottish rugby player
• 1990 — Brice Roger, French skier

Notable Deaths on August 9

• 2015 — Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1930)
• 2015 — John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Walter Nahún López, Honduran footballer (b. 1977)
• 2015 — David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2015 — Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1915)
• 2015 — Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (b. 1926)

Public Holidays on August 10

• 🌍 National Day (Singapore)
• 🌍 National Day (observed) (Singapore)
• 🌍 National Women's Day (South Africa)
• 🌍 National Women's Day (observed) (South Africa)

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On This Day in History — August 10

• 2014 — Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport.
• 2012 — The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
• 2009 — Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
• 2003 — The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in Kent, England. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F (38 °C).
• 2003 — The Okinawa Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
• 2001 — The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.

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Notable Births on August 10

• 1997 — Kylie Jenner, American television personality and model
• 1994 — Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer
• 1993 — Andre Drummond, American basketball player
• 1993 — Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor, dancer, model, singer, and idol
• 1993 — Shin Hye-jeong, South Korean singer
• 1992 — Chanel Simmonds, South African tennis player

Notable Deaths on August 10

• 2017 — Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941)
• 2015 — Endre Czeizel, Hungarian physician, geneticist, and academic (b. 1935)
• 2015 — Knut Osnes, Norwegian footballer and coach (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Eriek Verpale, Belgian author and poet (b. 1952)
• 2014 — Jim Command, American baseball player and scout (b. 1928)