August 9
Today is the 222nd day of 2016, there are 144 days left in the year.
1842 - The United States and Canada resolved a border dispute by signing the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
1854 - Henry David Thoreau published "Walden", which described his experiences living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts.
1902 - Britain's Edward VII was crowned king following the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order nationalizing silver.
1944 - 258 African-American sailors based at Port Chicago, California, refused to load a munitions ship following a cargo vessel explosion that killed 320 men, many of them black. (Fifty of the sailors were convicted of mutiny, fined and imprisoned.)
1945 - Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superforgress code-named Bockscar dropped a nuclear device ("Fat Man") over Nagasaki, killing 39,000 people instantly and an estimated 74,000 people overall.
1965 - Singapore proclaimed its independence from Malaysia.
1969 - Actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found brutally slain at Tate's Los Angeles home; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the crime.
1974 - Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States following the resignation of Richard M. Nixon.
1982 - A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered John W. Hinckley Jr., who had been acquitted of shooting President Ronald Reagan and three others by reason of insanity, committed to a mental hospital.
1985 - A federal judge in Norfolk, Virginia found retired Navy officer Arthur J. Walker guilty of seven counts of spying for the Soviet Union.
1995 - Rock musician Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead died at age 53.
2001 - President George W. Bush approved federal funding for existing lines of embryonic stem cells.
2004 - Terry Nichols was sentenced to 161 consecutive life sentences on state murder charges in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2010 - Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, age 86, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, was killed in a plane crash in southwestern Alaska.
Birthdays
23 - Rydel Lynch (singer)
25 - Alexa Bliss (professional wrestler)
25 - Hansika Motwani (actress)
26 - Bill Skarsgard (actor)
26 - Adelaide Kane (actress)
27 - Jason Heyward (baseball player)
31 - Anna Kendrick (actress)
33 - Ashley Johnson (actress)
34 - Tyson Gay (track & field athlete)
40 - Audrey Tautou (actress)
40 - Jessica Capshaw (actress)
42 - Derek Fisher (basketball player)
43 - Kevin McKidd (actor)
48 - Gillian Anderson (actress)
48 - Eric Bana (actor)
49 - Deion Sanders (baseball and football player)
52 - Hoda Kotb (TV host)
59 - Melanie Griffith (actress)
72 - Sam Elliott (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 9
1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympic Games as the United States too first place in the 400-meter relay. He became the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.
1946 - For the first time, all the major league baseball games scheduled for the day are played at night.
1975 - The first NFL game held in the Louisiana Superdome is played. The Houston Oilers beat the New Orleans Saints 13-7.
1977 - The NHL refuses the merger of six WHA (World Hockey Association) clubs.
1981 - Major League Baseball resumes from a player strike with the All-Star Game. The National League beat the American League 5-4 in Cleveland.
1988 - The Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 6-4 in the first official night game at Wrigley Field.
1988 - The Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings.
1990 - The NHL approved the sale of the Minnesota North Stars by George and Gordon Gund. The Gunds were then granted the rights to a Bay Area team that could begin play in October of 1991. That team became the San Jose Sharks.
1992 - The Summer Olympic Games come to a close in Barcelona, Spain. The Unified Team (which consisted of 15 of the former Soviet republics) took home the most medals with 112, while the United States finished a close second with 108. The U.S. did take home the most golds with 37 while the Unified Team was second with 29.
2002 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run, becoming the fourth major league player to reach the mark, joining Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays.
2012 - Shannon Eastin became the first female to officiate an NFL game when she worked as a line judge in a preseason game between the San Diego Chargers and Green Bay Packers.
Today is the 222nd day of 2016, there are 144 days left in the year.
1842 - The United States and Canada resolved a border dispute by signing the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
1854 - Henry David Thoreau published "Walden", which described his experiences living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts.
1902 - Britain's Edward VII was crowned king following the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order nationalizing silver.
1944 - 258 African-American sailors based at Port Chicago, California, refused to load a munitions ship following a cargo vessel explosion that killed 320 men, many of them black. (Fifty of the sailors were convicted of mutiny, fined and imprisoned.)
1945 - Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superforgress code-named Bockscar dropped a nuclear device ("Fat Man") over Nagasaki, killing 39,000 people instantly and an estimated 74,000 people overall.
1965 - Singapore proclaimed its independence from Malaysia.
1969 - Actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found brutally slain at Tate's Los Angeles home; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the crime.
1974 - Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States following the resignation of Richard M. Nixon.
1982 - A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered John W. Hinckley Jr., who had been acquitted of shooting President Ronald Reagan and three others by reason of insanity, committed to a mental hospital.
1985 - A federal judge in Norfolk, Virginia found retired Navy officer Arthur J. Walker guilty of seven counts of spying for the Soviet Union.
1995 - Rock musician Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead died at age 53.
2001 - President George W. Bush approved federal funding for existing lines of embryonic stem cells.
2004 - Terry Nichols was sentenced to 161 consecutive life sentences on state murder charges in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2010 - Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, age 86, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, was killed in a plane crash in southwestern Alaska.
Birthdays
23 - Rydel Lynch (singer)
25 - Alexa Bliss (professional wrestler)
25 - Hansika Motwani (actress)
26 - Bill Skarsgard (actor)
26 - Adelaide Kane (actress)
27 - Jason Heyward (baseball player)
31 - Anna Kendrick (actress)
33 - Ashley Johnson (actress)
34 - Tyson Gay (track & field athlete)
40 - Audrey Tautou (actress)
40 - Jessica Capshaw (actress)
42 - Derek Fisher (basketball player)
43 - Kevin McKidd (actor)
48 - Gillian Anderson (actress)
48 - Eric Bana (actor)
49 - Deion Sanders (baseball and football player)
52 - Hoda Kotb (TV host)
59 - Melanie Griffith (actress)
72 - Sam Elliott (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 9
1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympic Games as the United States too first place in the 400-meter relay. He became the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.
1946 - For the first time, all the major league baseball games scheduled for the day are played at night.
1975 - The first NFL game held in the Louisiana Superdome is played. The Houston Oilers beat the New Orleans Saints 13-7.
1977 - The NHL refuses the merger of six WHA (World Hockey Association) clubs.
1981 - Major League Baseball resumes from a player strike with the All-Star Game. The National League beat the American League 5-4 in Cleveland.
1988 - The Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 6-4 in the first official night game at Wrigley Field.
1988 - The Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings.
1990 - The NHL approved the sale of the Minnesota North Stars by George and Gordon Gund. The Gunds were then granted the rights to a Bay Area team that could begin play in October of 1991. That team became the San Jose Sharks.
1992 - The Summer Olympic Games come to a close in Barcelona, Spain. The Unified Team (which consisted of 15 of the former Soviet republics) took home the most medals with 112, while the United States finished a close second with 108. The U.S. did take home the most golds with 37 while the Unified Team was second with 29.
2002 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run, becoming the fourth major league player to reach the mark, joining Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays.
2012 - Shannon Eastin became the first female to officiate an NFL game when she worked as a line judge in a preseason game between the San Diego Chargers and Green Bay Packers.
