August 9
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1970
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.
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The Troubles: In Northern Ireland, the British authorities launch Operation Demetrius. The operation involves the mass arrest and internment without trial of individuals suspected of being affiliated with the Irish Republican Army (PIRA). Mass riots follow, and thousands of people flee or are forced out of their homes.
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Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
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As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign from office. Vice President Gerald Ford becomes president.
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The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
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Aviateca Flight 901 crashes into the San Vicente volcano in El Salvador, killing all 65 people on board.
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Russian president Boris Yeltsin fires his prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
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At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
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Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes after takeoff from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia, killing all 20 people on board.
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Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
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The Tampere light rail officially starts operating.
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Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
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2005Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, Andorran tennis player
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2003Kazuha, Japanese singer and dancer
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2000Aidan Hutchinson, American football player
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2000Arlo Parks, British singer-songwriter
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1999Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater
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1996Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress and model
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1995Eli Apple, American football player
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1995Justice Smith, American actor
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1995Hwang Min-hyun, South Korean singer and actor
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1994Kelli Hubly, American soccer player
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1994King Von, American rapper (died 2020)
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1993Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor
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