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Historical Events
on August 9th
- Lead Story
- Unusual succession makes Ford president,1974
- American Revolution
- Guy Johnson predicts Indian allegiances,1776
- Automotive
- Bridgestone/Firestone announces massive tire recall,2000
- Civil War
- Battle of Cedar Mountain,1862
- Cold War
- Arthur Walker found guilty of spying for Soviet Union,1985
- Crime
- The Manson cult strikes the rich and famous,1969
- Disaster
- Hurricane Belle strikes Eastern Seaboard,1976
- General Interest
- Romans routed at Adrianople,378
- Owens wins 4th gold medal,1936
- Manson cult kills five people,1969
- Hollywood
- Actress Sharon Tate found murdered,1969
- Literary
- Mystery writer Jonathan Kellerman born,1949
- Music
- Jerry Garcia dies,1995
- Old West
- Nez Perce fight Battle of Big Hole,1877
- Presidential
- Ford is inaugurated,1974
- Sports
- The Great One gets traded,1988
- Vietnam War
- Marines launch Operation Cochise,1967
- Nixon leaves office,1974
- World War I
- Walter Rathenau of AEG takes charge of German war production,1914
- World War II
- Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki,1945
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