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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of August 09:

 1593 Izaak Walton England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)
1686 Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare)
1776 Amedeo Avogadro Tuin Italy, 6.022 x 10 ^ 23 (Avogadro's Law)
1819 William Thomas Green Morton dentist, used ether (HOF 1920)
1825 Elisha Ferry (Gov-R-Wash, 1872-80, 1889-93)
1875 Albert William KetŠlbey Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker)
1883 George Hoyt NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961)
1896 Jean Piaget Switz, pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist
1896 Leonide Massine choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20)
1897 Ralph Wyckoff American pioneer in x-ray crystallography
19-- Clint Ritchie ND, actor (Clint Buchanon-One Life to Live)
19-- Dennis Belanger Canada, rock vocalist (Voivod-Angel Rat)
19-- Michael Storm Chicago, actor (Dr Larry Wolek-One Life to Live)
1901 Charles Farrell Cape Cod Mass, actor (Vern-My Little Margie)
1902 Zino Francescatti Marseilles France, violinist (NY Phil-1939)
1905 Leo Genn actor (Affair in Monte Carlo)
1909 John Baur museum director/author (American Paintings in 19th Century)
1911 Robert McCormick Danville Ky, NBC newscaster (Current Opinion)
1911 William A Fowler US, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983)
1913 Harry Mills singer (Mills Brothers-Paper Doll)
1913 Herman Talmadge (Sen-D-Ga, Watergate Committee)
1919 Ralph Houk baseball manager (Yankees, Tigers)
1921 J James Exon (Sen-D-Neb)
1922 Philip Larkin Coventry England, writer (North Ship, Jill)
1927 Marvin Minsky Artifical intelligence computer scientist (MIT)
1927 Robert Shaw England, actor (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday)
1928 Bob Cousy NBA star, Boston Celtics (1957 MVP)
1930 Betty Boop animation
1938 Dick Anthony Williams Chicago Ill, actor (Our Family Honor)
1938 Rod Laver Australia, tennis ace (1962, 1969 Grand Slam)
1939 Claude Osteen baseball pitcher (Cin Reds)
1940 Beverlee McKinsey Okla, actress (Another World, Guiding Light)
1942 David Steinberg Winnipeg Canada, comedian/director (End)
1944 Sam Elliot Calif, actor (Big Chill, Fatal Beauty)
1945 Ken Norton Heavyweight Boxing Champ/TV panelist (Gong Show)
1955 Doug Williams Louisana, NFL QB (Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Wash Redskins)
1957 Melanie Griffith NYC, actress (Something Wild, Working Girl)
1958 Amanda Bearse actress (Marcy Rhoodes-Married With Children)
1958 Greg Chaisson heavy metal rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark)
1959 Kurtis Blow NYC, rapper (Krushgroove-The Breaks)
1963 Lonnie Quinn Cheshire Conn, actor (Will Cooley-All My Children)
1963 Whitney Houston Newark NJ, singer (One Moment in Time)
1965 Kyle Kyle Kensington Pa, rock bassist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
1966 Pat Petersen LA Calif, actor (Michael-Knots Landing)
1971 Mary Joe Fernandez Dom Rep, tennis player (US National 16s)
1972 Elizabeth Vassey Raleigh NC, actress (Emily Martin-All My Children)

Deaths which occurred on August 09:

1896 Otto Lilenthal killed during a glider test
1969 George P Marshall president of Washington Redskins, dies at 72
1969 Sharon Tate actress, killed by Charles Manson's gang
1972 Bill Berns commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53
1973 Dean Corll shot; he raped & killed 26 boys
1979 Allan Frank actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64
1988 Alan Napier (Alfred the Butler on Batman), dies at 85

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
 1967    CHERRY           ALLEN SHELDON     UNIVERSITY CITY       MO        REMAINS IDENTIFIED 15 JULY 1999
 1967    LENGYEL          LAUREN ROBERT     LYNNFIELD             MA     03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV   ALIVE IN 98
 1967    MYERS            GLENN L.          PENN HILLS            PA     03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV     ALIVE AND WELL 98
 1968    WOLFKEIL         WAYNE B.          WILKES BARRE          PA       
 1968    WINN             DAVID W.          AUSTIN                MN     03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV    ALIVE AND WELL 98
 1969    BECK             EDWARD EUGENE JR. NORTH CANTON          OH       
 1969    DOTSON           JEFFERSON S.      POUND                 VA       
 1969    GOURLEY          LAURENT L.        VILLISCA              IA       
 1969    JANOUSEK         RONALD J.         POSEN                 IL       
 1969    KANE             BRUCE E.          DEER PARK             NY

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On this day...

378 Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
480 -BC- Persia defeats Spartan king Leonidas at Thermopylae
1638 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in the Bronx
1673 Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674
1778 Capt Cook passes through Bering Strait
1786 1st ascent of Mt Blanc
1790 Columbia becomes 1st US flagged ship to voyage around the world
1803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
1829 "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service
1831 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
1842 US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party nominating Martin Van Buren for president
1849 Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia
1854 Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"
1855 Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
1862 Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt, however Gen Charles S Winder is killed
1893 1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY
1902 Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria
1923 NY State Golf Assoc formed
1925 Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out
1930 Betty Boop debutes in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
1936 Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal of Berlin Olympics
1942 British arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K Gandhi
1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
1946 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night
1956 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama
1956 South African women demonstrate against pass laws
1960 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida
1961 James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court
1963 Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premiers
1964 Bunning continues pitching perfectly to the NY Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings
1965 Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day)
1969 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
1970 Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes
1971 Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
1972 Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct the Space Shuttle
1973 Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings
1973 USSR launches Mars 7
1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres
1975 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7
1976 Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0
1976 USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
1977 NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs
1978 Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7
1981 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record the English Channel (7:17)
1981 NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)
1984 Daley Thomas of Britain sets the decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal
1984 STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to the launch pad
1987 LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo)
1988 Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
1988 Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions
1988 Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888
1990 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia
1992 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain




Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Japan : Nagasaki Memorial Day (1945)
Libya : Sanusi Army Day
Rhode Island : Victory Day
Singapore : National Day (1965)
Italy : Palio Del Golfo (2nd Sunday) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Zambia : Youth Day - - - - - ( Monday )

Religious Observances

Christian : Commemoration of St Denys

Religious History

1765 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'You have but one Pattern; follow Him inwardly and outwardly. If other believers will go step for step with you, well; but if not, follow Him!'
1788 Birth of Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary. He first sailed to Burma in 1812, and spent nearly all of his remaining 38 years in missionary and literacy work there. Judson translated the entire Bible into Burmese by 1834.
1884 Birth of Kenneth Scott Latourette, Baptist church historian. Teaching at Yale from 1921-53, his greatest writings were his 7-volume History of the Expansion of Christianity (1937-45) and 5-volume Christianity in a Revolutionary Age (1958-62). Latourette died a bachelor.
1942 English Bible expositor Arthur W. Pink wrote in a letter: 'Waiting on the Lord (Isa. 40:31, etc.) describes an attitude of soul when we are engaged in true prayer, but waiting for the Lord is the exercise of patience while His answer tarries.'
1960 The Church of the Lutheran Confession adopted its constitution at a convention held at Watertown, South Dakota. The denomination was formally organized the following January (1961) at Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

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