August 09 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | August 09 Calendar
August 9th Daily Holidays include:
- International Coworking Day
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
- National Book Lovers Day – August 9 and November 4, 2023 (First Saturday in November)
- National Hand Holding Day
- National Polka Day
- National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day – August 9, 2023 (Wednesday of First Full Week in August)
- National Rice Pudding Day
- Veep Day
August 09: Famous Birthdays
- August 09, 1757 – Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, humanitarian, wife of Alexander Hamilto (d. 1854)
- August 09, 1944 – Sam Elliott, American actor and producer (Road House, Tombstone, Hulk)
- August 09, 1957 – Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer (Body Double, Working Girl)
- August 09, 1963 – Whitney Houston, American singer, songwriter, producer, and actress (d. 2012)
- August 09, 1967 – Deion Sanders, American football and baseball player
- August 09, 1968 – Gillian Anderson, American-British actress, writer, and activist (The X-Files, Hannibal, The Fall)
- August 09, 1968 – Eric Bana, Australian actor, comedian (Black Hawk Down, Hulk, Troy, Munich, Lone Survivor)
- August 09, 1976 – Jessica Capshaw, American actress (Grey’s Anatomy)
August 09: Historical Events
- August 09, 1173 – Construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa begins. Initially known as the Cathedral of Pisa, it would take two centuries to complete
- August 09, 1872 – The United States and Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains is established with the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
- August 09, 1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph
- August 09, 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment ends at Brownsea Island in southern England
- August 09, 1930 – The character Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes
- August 09, 1944 – Smokey the Bear appears for the first time on posters done by the United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising council
- August 09, 1965 – Singapore gains its independence when they are expelled from Malaysia
- August 09, 1973 – The USSR launches Mars 7
- August 09, 1974 – US President Richard Nixon becomes the first President to resign from office due to the Watergate scandal. VP, Gerald Ford, becomes President
- August 09, 1993 – After 38 years, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses its national leadership position
August 09: Music Events
- August 09, 1969 – Easy to be Hard is released by Three Dog Night
- August 09, 1969 – Hot Fun in the Summertime is released by Sly and the Family Stone
- August 09, 1975 – Jive Talking by the Bee Gees hits #1 in the U.S.
- August 09, 1986 – Queen play their last concert with Freddie Mercury at the Knebworth Park Festival in England
- August 09, 1994 – Endangered Species is released by Lynyrd Skynyrd as their eighth album
- August 09, 2005 – Photograph is released by Nickelback
August 09: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for August 09 is Leo.
August Birthstone:
What is the August Birthstone? Peridot
Peridot. The modern August birthstone, peridot has been prized as a jewelry stone since ancient times. Always green in color but with considerable variations, a peridot’s particular shade depends on its source.
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