9TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST OSWALD OF NORTHUMBRIA;
SAINTS NATHY & FELIM; ST ROMANUS; & ST EMYGIUS." |
| 9TH |
1870 |
MELBOURNE TOWN HALL OPENED. |
| 9TH |
1902 |
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER,
"VICTORIA," "EDWARD VII" IS CROWNED KING OF ENGLAND IN WESTMINSTER
ABBEY, FOLLOWING A SIX WEEK DELAY DUE TO AN EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY. |
| 9TH |
1912 |
AN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK ISTANBUL, TURKEY, KILLING 6000 &
MAKING 40,000 HOMELESS. |
| 9TH |
1930 |
"BETTY BOOP" DEBUTS IN THE
ANIMATED CARTOON, "DIZZY DISHES." |
| 9TH |
1936 |
BLACK AMERICAN ATHLETE ‘JESSE OWENS’ WON HIS FOURTH
GOLD MEDAL AT THE BERLIN OLYMPICS, IN THE 400metre RELAY. |
| 9TH |
1942 |
CRUISER HMAS CANBERRA LOST IN
THE BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND. |
| 9TH |
1945 |
U.S. PLANE DROPS THE SECOND ATOMIC BOMB OF WORLD WAR II, ON
NAGASAKI, JAPAN. |
| 9th |
1949 |
ACTOR "JAMES STEWART" MARRIED
"GLORIA McLEAN" IN LOS ANGELES. |
| 9TH |
1961 |
AUSTRALIA’S LAST COASTAL PASSENGER LINER, MANOORA
ARRIVES IN SYDNEY AT THE END OF IT’S LAST INTERSTATE VOYAGE. IT WAS SOLD TO
INDONESIA ON 3RD JULY. |
| 9TH |
1965 |
SINGAPORE GAINS INDEPENDENCE FROM
MALAYSIA. |
| 9TH |
1967 |
BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT, "JOE ORTON" IS BEATEN TO DEATH
BY HIS LOVER, "KENNETH HALLIWELL." |
| 9TH |
1969 |
HEAVILY PREGNANT ACTRESS "SHARON
TATE," WIFE OF FILM DIRECTOR, "ROMAN POLANSKI," 3 GUESTS AND A NEIGHBOUR,
ARE SLAUGHTERED BY "CHARLES MANSON" IN LOS ANGELES. |
| 9TH |
1973 |
"HENRY McCULLOUGH" & "DENNY SEIWELL"
QUIT WINGS. |
| 9TH |
1974 |
AT 12.03 pm "GERALD FORD"
BECOMES THE 38th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 9TH |
1979 |
BRITAINS FIRST NUDIST BEACH IS ESTABLISHED IN BRIGHTON. |
| 9TH |
1979 |
TRUMPETER, ‘BILL CHASE’;
GUITARIST ‘JOHN EMMA’; KEYBOARD PLAYER ‘WALLACE YOHN’; & DRUMMER
‘WALTER CLARK’ OF THE U.S. JAZZ ROCK GROUP "CHASE" DIED WHEN THEIR
LIGHT PLANE CRASHED NEAR JACKSON, MINNESOTA. |
| 9TH |
1981 |
5 ARE PRESUMED DEAD WHEN A ‘CESSNA 210M’ GOES
MISSING NEAR BARRINGTON TOPS, NSW. |
| 9TH |
1987 |
FORMER DUNTROON CADET, "JULIAN
KNIGHT," 19, SHOT DEAD 7 MOTORISTS AND WOUNDED 20 OTHERS IN HODDLE ST, CLIFTON HILL,
MELBOURNE. |
| 9TH |
1992 |
THE 25TH OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES CLOSE IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. |
| 9TH |
1995 |
‘GRATEFUL DEAD,’
SINGER/GUITARIST, "JERRY GARCIA," DIES OF A HEART ATTACK AT THE ‘SERENITY
KNOLLS REHABILITATION CENTRE," IN SAN FRANCISCO. |
| 9TH |
1998 |
U.S. ADVENTURER, "STEVE FOSSETT," LIFTS OFF FROM
MENDOZA, ARGENTINA, IN A BALLOON, HOPING TO BE THE FIRST TO FLY A BALLOON AROUND THE WORLD
NON-STOP. |
| 9TH |
1998 |
ENGINEERS IN CHINA, DYNAMITE LEVEES
ALONG THE YANGTZE RIVER TO EASE THE WORST FLOODS IN 44 YEARS. |
| 9TH |
1999 |
POP MUSIC IMPRESSARIO, "BOB HERBERT" 57, DEVELOPER
OF THE "SPICE GIRLS," DIED IN A CAR CRASH IN ENGLAND. |
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