Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th symphony premiers in a besieged Leningrad. Date: August 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in…
World War II: Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war. Date: August 9, 1944…
The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. Date: August 9, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Date: August 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers. Date: August 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅…
South Kasai secedes from the Congo. Date: August 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Singapore is expelled from Malaysia. Date: August 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tate–LaBianca murders: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent. Date: August 9, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1969…
LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground. Date: August 9, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On…