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August 9

August 9's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♌ZodiacLeo ◈BirthstonePeridot ❀Birth flowerGladiolus

Leo is the sign for August 9 — read more on the Leo page, or see August's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on August 9?

August 9 is the 221st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1810 and 2006. Famous people born on August 9 include Eric Bana, Whitney Houston and Romano Prodi.

Released on August 9

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game The Crush House
  • Game Supermarket Together

2023

  • TV Moving

2022

  • Game Two Point Campus

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1810

    Napoleon

  2. 1830

    Louis Philippe I

  3. 1862

    American Civil War

  4. 1897

    International Congress of Mathematicians

  5. 1936

    1936 Summer Olympics

  6. 1942

    World War II

  7. 1944

    United States Forest Service

  8. 1965

    Singapore

  9. 1971

    The Troubles

  10. 2006

    2006 transatlantic aircraft plot

Famous birthday twins

Born on August 9

Eric Bana

b. 1968

Whitney Houston

b. 1963

Romano Prodi

b. 1939

Jessica Capshaw

b. 1976

Juanes

b. 1972

Amedeo Avogadro

b. 1776

William Alfred Fowler

b. 1911

John Key

b. 1961

Deaths

  • 2024Susan Wojcicki
  • 2010Ted Stevens
  • 1980Jacqueline Cochran
  • 1962Hermann Hesse
  • 1048Pope Damasus II
  • 833Al-Ma'mun

Holidays & observances

  • —Battle of Gangut Day (Russia)
  • —Christian feast day: Candida Maria of Jesus
  • —Christian feast day: Edith Stein (St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)
  • —Christian feast day: Firmus and Rusticus
  • —Christian feast day: Herman of Alaska (Russian Orthodox Church and related congregations; Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: John Vianney (1950s – currently August 4)
  • —Christian feast day: Mary Sumner (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: Nath Í of Achonry

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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