History of August 09

On August 09 the following events have occured in our world's history.

1332 - Battle of Dupplin Moor (in Scotland)
1778 - Capt. Cook passes through Bering Strait
1786 - 1st ascent of Mt. Blanc
1803 - 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
1842 - US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1848 - Free-Soil Party nominates Martin Van Buren for president
1849 - Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia
1854 - Henry David Thoreau published `Walden'
1902 - Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria.
1925 - Only time Babe Ruth was pinch hit for Bobby Veach flied out
1930 - Betty Boop debutes in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes.
1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal of the Berlin Olympics
1942 - Britain arrested Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi
1945 - US drops 2nd atomic bomb on Japan destroying part of Nagasaki
1956 - 1st state-wide state-supported educational TV network Alabama
1956 - South African women demonstrate against pass laws
1965 - Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day)
1969 - The Manson family commits the Tate-LaBianca murders
1973 - USSR launches Mars 7
1974 - Richard Nixon resigns presidency
1978 - Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7