August 9 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 9
In the headlines today:

2003	Actor Gregory Hines dies of liver cancer in Los Angeles, at age 57.
2002	Actor Charlton Heston announces in a taped statement that he has symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's disease. (photo credit: NARA)
2000	Bridgestone/Firestone begins recalling 6.5 million tires suspected of causing 46 deaths and hundreds of accidents.
1995	Grateful Dead guitarist-singer Jerry Garcia dies in San Francisco of a heart attack at age 53.
1975	The Superdome sports arena in New Orleans, LA, is officially opened.
1974	US president Richard Nixon's resignation becomes official. (photo credit: NARA)
1969	Actress Sharon Tate and four others are brutally murdered by Charles Manson and members of his cult in Los Angeles.
1965	Singapore declares its independence from Malaysia.
1945	Looking for a way to end WWII, the US drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing 70,000 from the explosion and radiation poisoning. (Japan surrenders the next day.)
1936	Sprinter Jesse Owens becomes the first American to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.