August 9
Today is the 221st day of 2015, there are 144 days left in the year.
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.
1945 - The United States exploded a second nuclear device over Nagasaki, Japan, instantly killing an estimated 39,000 people. The explosion came three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
1965 - Singapore proclaimed its independence from Malaysia.
1969 - Actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found murdered in Los Angeles; 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 ordered John W. Hinckley Jr., who'd 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, 86, the longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, was killed in a plane crash in southwestern Alaska.
2014 - 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer following an altercation in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown's death lead to a series of violet protests.
Birthdays
21 - Rydel Lynch (singer)
25 - Jason Heyward (baseball player)
29 - Anna Kendrick (actress)
32 - Tyson Gay (track & field athlete)
31 - Ashley Johnson (actress)
38 - Jessica Capshaw (actress)
40 - Derek Fisher (basketball player)
46 - Eric Bana (actor)
46 - Gillian Anderson (actress)
47 - Deion Sanders (football/baseball player)
50 - Hoda Kotb (TV host)
57 - Melanie Griffith (actress)
70 - Sam Elliott (actor)
86 - Bob Cousy (basketball player)
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Today in Sports History - August 9
1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics as the United States took home the gold medal in the 400-meter relay.
1946 - For the first time, all major league baseball games scheduled for the day, eight of them, are played at night.
1975 - The Houston Oilers beat the New Orleans Saints 13-7 in the first game to be played in the Louisiana Superdome.
1976 - John Candelaria of the Pittsburgh Pirates no-hits the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1977 - The NHL refuses a merger plan with six WHA clubs.
1981 - Major League Baseball resumes play from a strike with the 52nd All-Star Game in Cleveland. The National League won 5-4.
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 for $20 million, two players and three first-round draft picks.
1992 - The Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain come to a close.
2002 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run, becoming the fourth player in baseball history to do so.
Today is the 221st day of 2015, there are 144 days left in the year.
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.
1945 - The United States exploded a second nuclear device over Nagasaki, Japan, instantly killing an estimated 39,000 people. The explosion came three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
1965 - Singapore proclaimed its independence from Malaysia.
1969 - Actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found murdered in Los Angeles; 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 ordered John W. Hinckley Jr., who'd 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, 86, the longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, was killed in a plane crash in southwestern Alaska.
2014 - 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer following an altercation in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown's death lead to a series of violet protests.
Birthdays
21 - Rydel Lynch (singer)
25 - Jason Heyward (baseball player)
29 - Anna Kendrick (actress)
32 - Tyson Gay (track & field athlete)
31 - Ashley Johnson (actress)
38 - Jessica Capshaw (actress)
40 - Derek Fisher (basketball player)
46 - Eric Bana (actor)
46 - Gillian Anderson (actress)
47 - Deion Sanders (football/baseball player)
50 - Hoda Kotb (TV host)
57 - Melanie Griffith (actress)
70 - Sam Elliott (actor)
86 - Bob Cousy (basketball player)
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Today in Sports History - August 9
1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics as the United States took home the gold medal in the 400-meter relay.
1946 - For the first time, all major league baseball games scheduled for the day, eight of them, are played at night.
1975 - The Houston Oilers beat the New Orleans Saints 13-7 in the first game to be played in the Louisiana Superdome.
1976 - John Candelaria of the Pittsburgh Pirates no-hits the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1977 - The NHL refuses a merger plan with six WHA clubs.
1981 - Major League Baseball resumes play from a strike with the 52nd All-Star Game in Cleveland. The National League won 5-4.
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 for $20 million, two players and three first-round draft picks.
1992 - The Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain come to a close.
2002 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run, becoming the fourth player in baseball history to do so.
