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| August 9th, 2006 (August 09 2006) | Death | James van Allen, American physicist (born in 1914) | James Allen Quotes |
| August 9th, 2006 (August 09 2006) | Death | Philip E. High, science fiction author (born in 1914) | |
| August 9th, 1996 (August 09 1996) | Death | Sir Frank Whittle, invented the jet engine (born in 1907) | |
| August 9th, 1986 (August 09 1986) | Birth | Vanessa Morley, American actress | |
| August 9th, 1976 (August 09 1976) | Birth | Jessica Capshaw, American actress | |
| August 9th, 1976 (August 09 1976) | Birth | Rhona Mitra, English actress | |
| August 9th, 1976 (August 09 1976) | Birth | Matt Henney, English footballer | |
| August 9th, 1946 (August 09 1946) | Birth | Jim Kiick, American football player | |
| August 9th, 1936 (August 09 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. | Jesse Owens Quotes |
| August 9th, 1936 (August 09 1936) | Birth | Julian Javier, American baseball player | Julian Quotes |
| August 9th, 1936 (August 09 1936) | Birth | Patrick Tse Yin, Hong Kong film director | |
| August 9th, 1896 (August 09 1896) | Birth | Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (died in 1980) | Jean Piaget Quotes |
| August 9th, 1896 (August 09 1896) | Birth | Erich Huckel, German physicist (died in 1980) | |
| August 9th, 1886 (August 09 1886) | Death | Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (born in 1810) | |
| August 9th, 1816 (August 09 1816) | Death | Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (born in 1771) | |
| August 9th, 1776 (August 09 1776) | Birth | Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (died in 1856) | |
| August 9th, 1726 (August 09 1726) | Birth | Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (died in 1778) | |
| August 9th, 1666 (August 09 1666) | Event | Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later knkown as "Holmes s Bonfire". | |
