Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
August 9
| 480 BC | The Persian army defeats Leonidas and his Spartan army at the battle Thermopylae, Persia. | |
| 48 BC | Julius Caesar defeats Gnaius Pompey at Pharsalus. | |
| 1483 | Pope Sixtus IV celebrates the first mass in the Sistine Chapel, which is named in his honor. | |
| 1549 | England declares war on France. | |
| 1645 | Settlers in New Amsterdam gain peace with the Indians after conducting talks with the Mohawks. | |
| 1805 | Austria joins Britain, Russia, Sweden and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia in the third coalition against France. | |
| 1814 | Andrew Jackson and the Creek Indians sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving the whites 23 million acres of Creek territory. | |
| 1842 | The Webster-Ashburn treaty fixes the border between Maine and Canada's New Brunswick. | |
| 1859 | The escalator is patented. However, the first working escalator appeared in 1900. Manufactured by the Otis Elevator Company for the Paris Exposition, it was installed in a Philadelphia office building the following year. | |
| 1862 | At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson repels an attack by Union forces. | |
| 1910 | The first complete, self-contained electric washing machine is patented. | |
| 1936 | Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in track and field events at the Berlin Olympics. | |
| 1941 | President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. The meeting produces the Atlantic Charter, an agreement between the two countries on war aims, even though the United States is still a neutral country. | |
| 1945 | The B-29 bomber Bock's Car drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. | |
| 1969 | Charles Manson's followers kill actress Sharon Tate and her three guests in her Beverly Hills home. | |
| 1974 | Gerald Ford is sworn in as president of the United States after the resignation of President Richard Nixon. | |
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| 1387 | Henry V, British king famous for his victory at Agincourt, France. | |
| 1631 | John Dryden, the first official Poet Laureate of Great Britain (1668 to1700). | |
| 1633 | Isaak Walton, author of the classic The Compleat Angler. | |
| 1896 | Jean Piaget, psychologist who did pioneering work on the development of children"s intellectual faculties. | |
| 1899 | P.L. Travers, author of the Mary Poppins books. | |
| 1927 | Robert Shaw, actor and writer. | |
| 1928 | Bob Cousey, Hall of Fame basketball player and coach of the Boston Celtics. | |
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