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Today In History Basic Datebook-August 9th

For The Weekday Of: Saturday in 2008, Sunday in 2009
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People on August 9th: birthdates

Gillian Anderson: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, PRON:Jillian, NOT GILLIAN, as in, Gilligan withouta second "g"; The X Files' Special Agent Dr. Dana Sculley, The Mighty
Eric Bana: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
Actor, Hulk, Troy
Texas Battle: 1976 (is 32 in 2008, 33 in 2009)
Actor, Bold & The Beautiful's Marcus Walton
Amanda Bearse: 1958 (is 50 in 2008, 51 in 2009)
TV Actress, Soap Actress, Lesbian, TV Director, All My Children, Married With Children's Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy, co-director of MAD TV
Mickey Billingham: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, of General Public
Kurtis Blow: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Rap Singer, Radio Disc Jock, Songwriter, b. in Harlem; RN:Kurt Walker; "The Breaks", "Christmas Rappin'"
Jessica Capshaw: 1976 (is 32 in 2008, 33 in 2009)
Actress, Kate's daughter
Michael Colnroy: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
New Wave Performer, of Modern English
Jack De Johnette: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Jazz Pianist, Drummer, Bandleader, Composer, Singer
Harry Spencer Dreyfuss: 1990 (is 18 in 2008, 19 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Jeramie & Richard's son
Sam Elliott: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Sacramento; Mission: Impossible's Doug, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Yellow Rose, Once an Eagle, Aspen, The Big Chill, Gettysburg, Hulk, The Golden Compass; Katharine Ross's hubby
Gina Gallagher: 1982 (is 26 in 2008, 27 in 2009)
Soap Actress, All My Children's Bianca Montgomery 1993-
Marinus Gerritsen: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
Bassist, Keyboardist, Songwriter, Dutch, or FN:Rinus?; of Golden Earring
Rinus Gerritsen: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Performer, Bassist, Keyboardist, of Golden Earring
Melanie Griffith: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in New York City; Tippi Hedren & Peter's daughter; Once an Eagle, Carter Country's Tracy Quinn, Working Girl, Milk Money, Now and Then; 2x Don Johnson's wife
Cynthia Harris: yr unknown
Movie/Soap Actress, Three Men and a Baby, All My Children's Judge Patricia Hale, Mad About You's Sylvia Buchman
Whitney Houston: 1963 (is 45 in 2008, 46 in 2009)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Model, Movie Actress, b. in Newark, NJ; Star Spangled Banner singer at Superbowl 1991; Bobby Brown's wife; The Bodyguard; held the 14-week #1 pop hit record with "I'll Always Love You" until Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men beat it with "One Sweet Day" for a 16-week #1 run in 1995; other hits "You Give Good Love", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "So Emotional" and numerous others; movie "Waiting To Exhale", "The Preacher's Wife"
Ashley Johnson: 1983 (is 25 in 2008, 26 in 2009)
TV Actress, Growing Pains' Chrissy Seaver, Phenom's Mary Margaret, Maybe This Time's Gracie
Juanes: 1972 (is 36 in 2008, 37 in 2009)
Singer, Latin rock singer
Skyla Brae Kelley: 2000 (is 8 in 2008, 9 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Mary Lou Retton and Shannon's daughter
Miguel Littin: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Actor
Mack 10: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
Rap Singer
Barbara Mason: 1947 (is 61 in 2008, 62 in 2009)
Soul Singer, Songwriter
Marvin Minsky: 1927 (is 81 in 2008, 82 in 2009)
Biochemist, Artifical intelligence computer scientist (MIT)
Rhona Mitra: 1975 (is 33 in 2008, 34 in 2009)
Actress, Boston Legal's Tara Wilson
Vicki Morgan: 1952 (is 56 in 2008, 57 in 2009)
Mistress
Ken Norton: 1943 (is 65 in 2008, 66 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Boxer, Actor, Panelist, Gong Show; boxing commentator; WBC heavyweight champ in 1978, beat Mohammad Ali in 1963.
Caroline Parker O'Leary: 1997 (is 11 in 2008, 12 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Joni and Michael's daughter
John "Pazz" Parry: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
Singer, British, of the Bonzo Dog Band, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, and soloist
Pat Petersen: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
Actor, Knots Landing's Michael Fairgate; Chris' brother
Lonnie Quinn: 1963 (is 45 in 2008, 46 in 2009)
Soap Actor, All My Children's Will Cooney, Santa Barbara's Richard Lewis
Clint Ritchie: 1937 (is 71 in 2008, 72 in 2009)
Soap Actor, One Life to Live's Clint Buchanan
Arion Salazar: 1970 (is 38 in 2008, 39 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Third Eye Blind
Nikki Schieler: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
Playmate, TV/Soap Actress, Ian Ziering's ex-wife; Playboy playmate Sep 1997; Young and the Restless' Lorraine Montgomery
David Steinberg: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Movie Director, Comedian, Actor, Author, Canadian, Jewish, b. in Winnipeg, Manitoba; some say 8-19; Magnovox ads
Michael Storm: 1916 (is 92 in 2008, 93 in 2009)
Soap Actor, One Life to Live's Dr. Larry Wolek
Elizabeth "Liz" Vassey: 1972 (is 36 in 2008, 37 in 2009)
TV/Soap Actress, All My Children's Emily Ann Sago Martin, Pig Sty, Brotherly Love's Lou
Diane Williams: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
Country/Western Performer
Dick Anthony Williams: 1938 (is 70 in 2008, 71 in 2009)
Actor, b. in Chicago; Our Family Honor's Jonas Jones; WIOU's Billy Randfield, Homefront's Abe

People on August 9th: birth anniversaries

Sir Weston Adams: 1904=d.????
HALL OF FAMER, Sportsfigure, Executive, prez & owner Boston Bruinspresumed deceased
Robert Aldrich: 1918=d.Dec 5, 1983 (was 65)
Movie Producer/Director, Movie Actor, The Dirty Dozen
Count Amedeo Avogadro: 1776=d.1856
Chemist, Physicist, Italian, 6.022 x 10 ^ 23 (Avogadro's Law)
John Dryden: 1631=d.May 1, 1700 (was 68)
Poet, Dramatist/Playwright, Critic, English
Charles Farrell: 1901=d.May 6, 1990 (was 88)
TV/Movie Actor, Mayor, Seventh Heaven, My Little Margie's Vernon Albright
James Norris Gamble: 1836=d.????
Businessperson, Inventor, co-founder of Proctor & Gamble Co.; Ivory Soap developer
Mel Graff: 1907=d.Nov 1, 1975 (was 68)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Secret Agent X-9
Billy Henderson: 1939=d.Feb 2, 2007 (was 67)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Spinners
Allen Clayton Jr. Hoskins: 1920=d.Jul 26, 1980 (was 59)
Movie Actor, Our Gang's Farina
Paul Kelly: 1899=d.Nov 6, 1956 (was 57)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor
Merle Kilgore: 1934=d.Feb 6, 2005 (was 70)
Country Singer, Songwriter, wrote Ring Of Fire for Johnny Cash, and Wolverton Mountain for Claude King, manager for Hank Williams Jr.
Leonide Massine: 1896=d.Mar 15, 1979 (was 82)
Choreographer, Dancer, Russian, Composer, innovative of more than 50 ballets, one of the most important figures in 20th-century dance.
Beverlee McKinsey: 1935=d.May 2, 2008 (was 72)
Soap Actress, Another World's original Iris Carrington Wheeler, Guiding Light's Alexandria Spaulding Thorpe; General Hospital's Myrna Slaughter
William T. G. Morton: 1819=d.Jul 15, 1868 (was 48)
Surgeon, MN:Thomas Green; Dentist; 1st to use ether (letheon) during an operation 10-16-1846
Benjamin Orr: 1947=d.Oct 3, 2000 (was 53)
Rock & Roll Singer, Bassist, of The Cars; some say b. 1950, AP gives 1955
Jean Piaget: 1896=d.Sep 17, 1980 (was 84)
Psychologist, Zoologist, India
Robert Shaw: 1927=d.Aug 27, 1978 (was 51)
Movie Actor, Writer, Dramatist/Playwright, Novelist, English, From Russia With Love, A Man for All Seasons, Jaws, The Sting, The Deep, Force 10 From Navarone
Herman Talmadge: 1913=d.Mar 21, 2002 (was 88)
Senator
P. L. Travers: 1906=d.Apr 23, 1996 (was 89)
Children's Author, Australian, RFMN:Pamela Lyndon, BORN Helen Lyndon Goff; Mary Poppins
Isaak Walton: 1593=d.Dec 15, 1683 (was 90)
Biographer, English, The Compleat Angler
Ralph Wyckoff: 1897=d.Nov 3, 1994 (was 97)
Scientist, a pioneer in the application of X-ray methods to determine crystal structures and one of the first to use these methods for studying biological substances.

People on August 9th: death anniversaries

Gardner Quincy Colton: 1898 (was 84)/b.Feb 7, 1814
Chef, anesthetist who was among the first to utilize the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide in medical practice. After a dentist suggested the use of the gas as an anesthetic, Colton safely used it in extracting thousands of teeth.
James Gould Cozzens: 1978 (was 74)/b.Aug 19, 1903
Novelist
Don Ewell: 1983 (was 66)/b.Nov 14, 1916
Pianist
Jimmy Fidler: 1988 (was 89)/b.Aug 24, 1898
Columnist, Gossip
Jerry Garcia: 1995 (was 53)/b.Aug 1, 1942
HALL OF FAMER, Classic Rock Singer, Rock & Roll Guitarist, Songwriter, b. in San Francisco; RFN:Jerome John; The Grateful Dead lead and co-founder
John "Bet A Million" Gates: 1911 (was 56)/b.May 8, 1855
Inventor, Promoter; Speculator; barbed wire manufacturer which became the American Steel & Wire Co.
Creighton Hale: 1965 (was 83)/b.May 24, 1882
Actor, silent film; Cat & Canary
Melissa Hayden: 2006 (was 83)/b.Apr 25, 1923
Ballerina, Canadian, RN:Mildred Herman; some say b. 1928
Bob Herbert: 1999 (was 57)/b.yr unknown
Music Figure, British promoter who created the Spice Girls through trade magazine ads.
Gregory Hines: 2003 (was 57)/b.Feb 14, 1946
Movie/Stage Actor, Tap Dancer, b. in New York City; Taps, The Cotton Club, The Gregory Hines Show's Ben Stevenson
Tony Mottola: 2004 (was 86)/b.Apr 18, 1918
Guitarist, Variety Show Host, of Tonight Show Band
Joe Orton: 1967 (was 34)/b.Jan 1, 1933
Actor, Dramatist/Playwright, English
Bill Perkins: 2003 (was 79)/b.Jul 22, 1924
Reeds
Cecil Powell: 1969 (was 65)/b.Dec 5, 1903
Educator, Physicist, English, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1950 for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson), a heavy subatomic particle.
Judith Rossner: 2005 (was 70)/b.Mar 1, 1935
Novelist, Looking For Mr. Goodbar
Dmitri Shostakovich: 1975 (was 68)/b.Sep 12, 1906 O.S.
Composer, Russian; other style says b. Sep 25, 1906 N.S.
Walter Bedell Smith: 1961 (was 65)/b.Oct 5, 1895
General, Diplomat, administrator, who served as chief of staff for U.S. forces in Europe during World War II.
Sharon Tate: 1969 (was 26)/b.Jan 24, 1943
TV Actress, b. in Dallas; The Beverly Hillbillies' Janet Trego; Roman Polanski's ex-; murdered by Charles Manson followers
Edward Lee Thorndike: 1949 (was 74)/b.Aug 31, 1874
Psychologist, animal behaviour
James Alfred Van Allen: 2006 (was 91)/b.Sep 7, 1914
Physicist, Space; discovered Van Allen radiation belts

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General events on August 9th

In 1607, First Thanksgiving Service Held by Maine colonists.

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Government and Politics on August 9th

In 1790, the Columbia returned to Boston Harbor after a three-year voyage, becoming the first ship to carry the American flag around the world.

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War, Crime and Disaster events on August 9th

In 378, Roman Emperor Valens attacked the Visigoths in the decisive battle of Adrianople. The Gothic cavalry routed the Romans, killing over 20,000 including the Emperor.

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Royalty and Religious events on August 9th

In 1048, Death of Pope Damascus II. He was pope from July to August of 1048.

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Human Achievement and Science events on August 9th

In 1492, It was "so far, so good" for Christopher Columbus when the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria reached port in the Canary Islands. Europe knew about those islands...it was only after proceeding from there that some of Columbus's sailors may have started wondering how sure Columbus was the world wasn't flat.

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Arts and Prose events on August 9th

In 1854, Henry David Thoreau published "Walden," in which he described his experiences while living in a small cabin near Walden Pond in Massachusetts.

Weird and Other events on August 9th

In 1972, 08 x 09 = 72

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