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Day Of The Week: August 9
August 9, 2025 is the 221st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 144 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 9
- 378 –Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
- 681 –Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
- 1329 –Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
- 1483 –Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass.
- 1862 –American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
- 1892 –Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
- 1902 –Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1942 –World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
- 1945 –World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright.
- 1999 –Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
Who were born on August 9?
- 1872 –Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)
- 1896 –Erich Hückel, German physicist (d. 1980)
- 1921 –J. James Exon, American politician (d. 2005)
- 1927 –Robert Shaw, English actor (d. 1978)
- 1931 –Chuck Essegian, American baseball player
- 1947 –Roy Hodgson, English football manager
- 1955 –John E. Sweeney, American politician
- 1959 –Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor
- 1969 –Smaragda Karydi, Greek actress
- 1976 –Jessica Capshaw, American actress
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