August 9 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2014 — Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after... ↗
• 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... ↗
• 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. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 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