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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9th of August 0378 | EVENT | Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople : A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with over half of his army. |
| 9th of August 0681 | EVENT | Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta. |
| 9th of August 1173 | EVENT | Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete. |
| 9th of August 1329 | EVENT | Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop. |
| 9th of August 1483 | EVENT | Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass. |
| 9th of August 1810 | EVENT | Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. |
| 9th of August 1814 | EVENT | Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia. |
| 9th of August 1842 | EVENT | The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. |
| 9th of August 1854 | EVENT | Henry David Thoreau published Walden. |
| 9th of August 1862 | EVENT | American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain : At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. |
| 9th of August 1877 | EVENT | Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole : A small band of Nez Perce Indians clash with the United States Army. |
| 9th of August 1892 | EVENT | Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph. |
| 9th of August 1902 | EVENT | Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| 9th of August 1907 | EVENT | The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. |
| 9th of August 1925 | EVENT | A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India |
| 9th of August 1930 | EVENT | Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes. |
| 9th of August 1936 | EVENT | Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad : Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad. |
| 9th of August 1942 | EVENT | World War II: Battle of Savo Island : Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. |
| 9th of August 1942 | EVENT | Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement. |
| 9th of August 1944 | EVENT | Continuation war: The Vyborg : Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war. |
| 9th of August 1944 | EVENT | The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. |
| 9th of August 1945 | EVENT | World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright. |
| 9th of August 1965 | EVENT | A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers. |
| 9th of August 1965 | EVENT | Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly. |
| 9th of August 1969 | EVENT | Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent. |
| 9th of August 1971 | EVENT | The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that follows. |
| 9th of August 1974 | EVENT | As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president. |
| 9th of August 1977 | EVENT | The military-controlled Government of Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in 1981 for a President and Congress. |
| 9th of August 1988 | EVENT | Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in ice hockey history, upsetting many Canadians so much that some considered him a "traitor" to his home country. |
| 9th of August 1993 | EVENT | The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership. |
| 9th of August 1999 | EVENT | Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. |
| 9th of August 1999 | EVENT | The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem. |
| 9th of August 2001 | EVENT | US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells. |
| 9th of August 1201 | BIRTHDAY | Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) |
| 9th of August 1537 | BIRTHDAY | Francesco Barozzi, Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist (d. 1604) |
| 9th of August 1544 | BIRTHDAY | Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1606) |
| 9th of August 1593 | BIRTHDAY | Izaak Walton, English angler (d. 1683) |
| 9th of August 1603 | BIRTHDAY | Johannes Cocceius, German-born Dutch theologian (d. 1669) |
| 9th of August 1631 | BIRTHDAY | John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700) |
| 9th of August 1648 | BIRTHDAY | Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) |
| 9th of August 1653 | BIRTHDAY | John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) |
| 9th of August 1669 | BIRTHDAY | Tsarina Eudoxia Lopukhina of Russia (d. 1731) |
| 9th of August 1674 | BIRTHDAY | Frantisek Maxmilian Kanka, Czech architect (d. 1766) |
| 9th of August 1696 | BIRTHDAY | Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (d. 1772) |
| 9th of August 1722 | BIRTHDAY | Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d. 1758) |
| 9th of August 1726 | BIRTHDAY | Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778) |
| 9th of August 1754 | BIRTHDAY | Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (d. 1825) |
| 9th of August 1757 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834) |
| 9th of August 1776 | BIRTHDAY | Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (d. 1856) |
| 9th of August 1783 | BIRTHDAY | Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801) |
| 9th of August 1788 | BIRTHDAY | Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (d. 1850) |
| 9th of August 1797 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer (d. 1855) |
| 9th of August 1805 | BIRTHDAY | Joseph Locke, English railway and civil engineer (d. 1860) |
| 9th of August 1809 | BIRTHDAY | William Barret Travis, American Battle of the Alamo figure (d. 1836) |
| 9th of August 1845 | BIRTHDAY | Andre Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937) |
| 9th of August 1847 | BIRTHDAY | Queen Maria Victoria al Pozzo della Cisterna of Spain (d. 1876) |
| 9th of August 1867 | BIRTHDAY | Evelina Haverfield British suffragette (d. 1920) |
| 9th of August 1871 | BIRTHDAY | Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer (d. 1919) |
| 9th of August 1872 | BIRTHDAY | Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962) |
| 9th of August 1874 | BIRTHDAY | Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947) |
| 9th of August 1875 | BIRTHDAY | Albert Ketelbey, English conductor, composer, and pianist (d. 1959) |
| 9th of August 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Erich Huckel, German physicist (d. 1980) |
| 9th of August 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (d. 1980) |
| 9th of August 1899 | BIRTHDAY | P. L. Travers, Australian author (d. 1996) |
| 9th of August 1901 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Farrell, American actor (d. 1990) |
| 9th of August 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991) |
| 9th of August 1909 | BIRTHDAY | V. K. Gokak, Indian Kannada writer (d. 1992) |
| 9th of August 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat (d. 1944) |
| 9th of August 1911 | BIRTHDAY | William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1996) |
| 9th of August 1911 | BIRTHDAY | Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (d. 2001) |
| 9th of August 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (d. 1963) |
| 9th of August 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Joe Mercer, English footballer (d. 1990) |
| 9th of August 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Tove Jansson, Finnish author (d. 2001) |
| 9th of August 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician (d. 1987) |
| 9th of August 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010) |
| 9th of August 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2007) |
| 9th of August 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Francis Lynch, American state legislator (d. 1993) |
| 9th of August 1921 | BIRTHDAY | J. James Exon, American politician (d. 2005) |
| 9th of August 1921 | BIRTHDAY | Ernest Angley, American televangelist |
| 9th of August 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Philip Larkin, English poet (d. 1985) |
| 9th of August 1925 | BIRTHDAY | David A. Huffman, American computer scientist (d. 1999) |
| 9th of August 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel Keyes, American author |
| 9th of August 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist |
| 9th of August 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Shaw, English actor (d. 1978) |
| 9th of August 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (d. 2010) |
| 9th of August 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Bob Cousy, American basketball player |
| 9th of August 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Jacques Parizeau, Quebec economist and politician |
| 9th of August 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Chuck Essegian, American baseball player |
| 9th of August 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Mario Zagallo, Brazilian football coach and player |
| 9th of August 1932 | BIRTHDAY | John Gomery, Canadian jurist |
| 9th of August 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality and children's author |
| 9th of August 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 9th of August 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Julian Javier, American baseball player |
| 9th of August 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Patrick Tse Yin, Hong Kong film director |
| 9th of August 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian politician |
| 9th of August 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Rod Laver, Australian tennis player |
| 9th of August 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Otto Rehhagel, German football manager |
| 9th of August 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Bulle Ogier, French actress |
| 9th of August 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Brito, Brazilian footballer |
| 9th of August 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Romano Prodi, Italian politician and statesman |
| 9th of August 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Way Bandy, American make-up artist (d. 1986) |
| 9th of August 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001) |
| 9th of August 1942 | BIRTHDAY | David Steinberg, Canadian comedian |
| 9th of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Ken Norton, American boxer |
| 9th of August 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Elliott, American actor |
| 9th of August 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Posy Simmonds, English cartoonist |
| 9th of August 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Kiick, American football player |
| 9th of August 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Roy Hodgson, English football manager |
| 9th of August 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Barbara Mason, American soul singer |
| 9th of August 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Bill Campbell, American baseball player |
| 9th of August 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Jonathan Kellerman, American writer |
| 9th of August 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician |
| 9th of August 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach |
| 9th of August 1955 | BIRTHDAY | John E. Sweeney, American politician |
| 9th of August 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Schmuck, American sportswriter |
| 9th of August 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Melanie Griffith, American actress |
| 9th of August 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Amanda Bearse, American actress |
| 9th of August 1958 | BIRTHDAY | James Lileks, American columnist |
| 9th of August 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor |
| 9th of August 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Kurtis Blow, American rapper |
| 9th of August 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Brad Gilbert, American tennis player |
| 9th of August 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Amy Stiller, American actress |
| 9th of August 1961 | BIRTHDAY | John Key, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 9th of August 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Louis Lipps, American football player |
| 9th of August 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Kevin Mack, American football player |
| 9th of August 1962 | BIRTHDAY | John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player |
| 9th of August 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Whitney Houston, American singer and actress |
| 9th of August 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Brett Hull, Canadian-born American ice hockey player |
| 9th of August 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Hoda Kotb, American television news anchor |
| 9th of August 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Vinny Del Negro, American basketball player and head coach |
| 9th of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Deion Sanders, American football player |
| 9th of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Gillian Anderson, American actress |
| 9th of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Fogarino, American drummer (Interpol) |
| 9th of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Eric Bana, Australian actor |
| 9th of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Joseph McGinty Nichol, American film producer and director |
| 9th of August 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Divine Brown, American sex worker and convicted felon |
| 9th of August 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Smaragda Karydi, Greek singer |
| 9th of August 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Troy Percival, American baseball player |
| 9th of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Chris Cuomo, American TV journalist |
| 9th of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Rod Brind'Amour, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 9th of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas Lennon, American actor |
| 9th of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Arion Salazar, American bassist (Third Eye Blind) |
| 9th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist |
| 9th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | James Kim, American technology reporter (d. 2006) |
| 9th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Mack 10, American rapper |
| 9th of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Juanes, Colombian singer |
| 9th of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | A-Mei, Taiwanese singer |
| 9th of August 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Filippo Inzaghi, Italian footballer |
| 9th of August 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor |
| 9th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Kirill Reznik, American politician |
| 9th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Morris, American baseball player |
| 9th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Mahesh Babu, Indian film actor |
| 9th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Derek Fisher, American basketball player |
| 9th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Stephen Fung, Hong Kong actor and director |
| 9th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Nicola Stapleton, English actress |
| 9th of August 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Lamb, American baseball player |
| 9th of August 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Robbie Middleby, Australian footballer |
| 9th of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Jessica Capshaw, American actress |
| 9th of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Aled Jones, British Radio Producer |
| 9th of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Rhona Mitra, English actress |
| 9th of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Priestley, Australian actor (d. 2008) |
| 9th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Jason Frasor, American baseball player |
| 9th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Adewale Ogunleye, American football player |
| 9th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Mikael Silvestre, French footballer |
| 9th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player |
| 9th of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Audrey Tautou, French actress |
| 9th of August 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Ryu Seung-beom, South Korean actor |
| 9th of August 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Dominic Tabuna, Nauruan politician |
| 9th of August 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player |
| 9th of August 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player |
| 9th of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Tyson Gay, American sprinter |
| 9th of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Kanstantsin Siutsou, Belorussian cyclist |
| 9th of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Ashley Johnson, American actress |
| 9th of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Shane O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 9th of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Alicja Smietana, Polish violinist |
| 9th of August 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer |
| 9th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Anna Kendrick, American actress |
| 9th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Luca Filippi, Italian racing driver |
| 9th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer |
| 9th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | JaMarcus Russell, American football player |
| 9th of August 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel Preussner, German rugby player |
| 9th of August 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Tyler "Telle" Smith, American musician (The Word Alive) |
| 9th of August 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Marco Carmona, Mexican artist |
| 9th of August 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Jason Heyward, American baseball player |
| 9th of August 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer |
| 9th of August 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Adelaide Kane, Australian actress |
| 9th of August 1991 | BIRTHDAY | Candela Vetrano, Argentine actress |
| 9th of August 1991 | BIRTHDAY | Hansika Motwani, Indian actress |
| 9th of August 0117 | DEATH | Trajan, Roman Emperor (Born 53) |
| 9th of August 0378 | DEATH | Valens, Roman Emperor (killed in battle) (Born 328) |
| 9th of August 0803 | DEATH | Irene of Athens, Byzantine Empress (Born 752) |
| 9th of August 1048 | DEATH | Pope Damasus II (birth year unknown) |
| 9th of August 1107 | DEATH | Emperor Horikawa of Japan (Born 1079) |
| 9th of August 1173 | DEATH | Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Kurdish soldier and politician, father of Saladin (birth year unknown) |
| 9th of August 1250 | DEATH | King Eric IV of Denmark (Born 1216) |
| 9th of August 1534 | DEATH | Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (Born 1470) |
| 9th of August 1601 | DEATH | Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (Born 1558) |
| 9th of August 1634 | DEATH | William Noy, English jurist (Born 1577) |
| 9th of August 1720 | DEATH | Simon Ockley, English orientalist (Born 1678) |
| 9th of August 1744 | DEATH | James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (Born 1673) |
| 9th of August 1816 | DEATH | Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (Born 1771) |
| 9th of August 1837 | DEATH | Xavier Sigalon, French painter (Born 1787) |
| 9th of August 1886 | DEATH | Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (Born 1810) |
| 9th of August 1910 | DEATH | Huo Yuan Jia, Chinese martial artist (Born 1868) |
| 9th of August 1919 | DEATH | Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (Born 1857) |
| 9th of August 1942 | DEATH | Edith Stein, German philosopher and nun (executed) (Born 1891) |
| 9th of August 1945 | DEATH | Harry Hillman, American runner (Born 1881) |
| 9th of August 1945 | DEATH | Robert Hampton Gray, last Canadian Victoria Cross recipient (Born 1917) |
| 9th of August 1946 | DEATH | Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (Born 1876) |
| 9th of August 1949 | DEATH | Edward Thorndike, American psychologist (Born 1874) |
| 9th of August 1957 | DEATH | Carl Clauberg, German Nazi doctor (Born 1898) |
| 9th of August 1962 | DEATH | Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss writer, Nobel Laureate (Born 1877) |
| 9th of August 1967 | DEATH | Joe Orton, English writer (Born 1933) |
| 9th of August 1969 | DEATH | Abigail Folger, American heiress (murdered) (Born 1943) |
| 9th of August 1969 | DEATH | Cecil Frank Powell, British physicist, Nobel Laureate (Born 1903) |
| 9th of August 1969 | DEATH | Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (murdered) (Born 1933) |
| 9th of August 1969 | DEATH | Wojciech Frykowski, Polish writer (murdered) (Born 1936) |
| 9th of August 1969 | DEATH | Sharon Tate, American actress (murdered) (Born 1943) |
| 9th of August 1969 | DEATH | Steven Parent, American student (murdered) (Born 1951) |
| 9th of August 1974 | DEATH | Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (Born 1934) |
| 9th of August 1975 | DEATH | Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (Born 1906) |
| 9th of August 1979 | DEATH | Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founder the Crips (Born 1953) |
| 9th of August 1979 | DEATH | Walter O'Malley, American baseball executive (Born 1903) |
| 9th of August 1980 | DEATH | Jacqueline Cochran, American aviatrix (Born 1906) |
| 9th of August 1985 | DEATH | Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (Born 1927) |
| 9th of August 1988 | DEATH | Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (Born 1905) |
| 9th of August 1988 | DEATH | Ramon Valdes, Mexican actor (Born 1923) |
| 9th of August 1990 | DEATH | Joe Mercer, English footballer (Born 1914) |
| 9th of August 1992 | DEATH | Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer (Born 1938) |
| 9th of August 1995 | DEATH | Jerry Garcia, American guitarist (Grateful Dead) (Born 1942) |
| 9th of August 1996 | DEATH | Sir Frank Whittle, British engineer and inventor of the jet engine (Born 1907) |
| 9th of August 1999 | DEATH | Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (Born 1910) |
| 9th of August 2000 | DEATH | John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born American economist, Nobel Laureate (Born 1920) |
| 9th of August 2000 | DEATH | Nicholas Markowitz, American teenager kidnapped and murdered by Jesse James Hollywood (Born 1984) |
| 9th of August 2002 | DEATH | Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (Born 1953) |
| 9th of August 2002 | DEATH | Peter Neville, British anarchist, sociologist and peace activist (birth year unknown) |
| 9th of August 2003 | DEATH | Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (Born 1945) |
| 9th of August 2003 | DEATH | Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (Born 1946) |
| 9th of August 2003 | DEATH | Jacques Deray, French film director (Born 1929) |
| 9th of August 2003 | DEATH | Chester Ludgin, American baritone (Born 1925) |
| 9th of August 2004 | DEATH | Robert Lecourt, French politician, President of the European Court of Justice (Born 1908) |
| 9th of August 2004 | DEATH | Tony Mottola, American guitarist (Born 1918) |
| 9th of August 2004 | DEATH | David Raksin, American film composer (Born 1912) |
| 9th of August 2005 | DEATH | Matthew McGrory, American actor (Born 1973) |
| 9th of August 2005 | DEATH | Judith Rossner, American novelist (Born 1935) |
| 9th of August 2006 | DEATH | James van Allen, American physicist (Born 1914) |
| 9th of August 2006 | DEATH | Philip E. High, science fiction author (Born 1914) |
| 9th of August 2007 | DEATH | Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer and photojournalist (Born 1922) |
| 9th of August 2008 | DEATH | Bernie Mac, American comedian (Born 1957) |
| 9th of August 2008 | DEATH | Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and writer (Born 1941) |
| 9th of August 2010 | DEATH | Ted Stevens, American politician (Born 1923) |