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Historical events & facts — August 9
What happened on August 9?
On August 9, 1945, the American bomber Bockscar dropped the atomic bomb Fat Man on Nagasaki, three days after the attack on Hiroshima. The explosion killed between 40,000 and 80,000 people immediately. Together with Hiroshima, these two bombings remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in armed conflict in history.
On August 9, 1965, Singapore was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia and became an independent nation virtually overnight, without having sought it. Its first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, announced it at a press conference in tears. Within decades he transformed a small port into one of the richest and most advanced economies in the world.
On August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th President of the United States, hours after Nixon formally resigned. Ford became the only president in US history to take office without having been elected as either president or vice-president. One month later, he pardoned Nixon over the Watergate affair.
Notable birthdays — August 9
Famous people born on August 9
Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels.
Tove Jansson
Tove Marika Jansson was a Finland-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author, painter and illustrator. Brought up by artistic parents, her mother an illustrator and postage stamp designer, her father a sculptor, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943.
Robert Shaw
Robert Archibald Shaw was an English actor and writer. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the Second World War and appeared in productions of Macbeth, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, and other Shakespeare plays. With the Old Vic company (1951–52), he continued primarily in Shakespearean roles.
Patrick Tse
Patrick Tse Yin was a Hong Kong actor, producer, screenwriter and director in Hong Kong cinema.
Butch Warren
Edward Rudolph "Butch" Warren Jr. was an American jazz bassist who was active during the 1950s and 1960s.
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