August 9th (1979) was a Thursday. It's the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 144 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on August 9 in 1979
» Michael Kingma, Australian basketball player
» Lisa Nandy, English politician
» Tony Stewart (American football) named Tony Stewart, American football player
August 9th Famous Deaths for 1979
» Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founded the Crips (b. 1953)
August 9th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Edith Stein
» Saint Firmus and Saint Rusticus named Firmus and Rusticus
» Saint Herman of Alaska or Herman of Alaska (Russian Orthodox Church and Eastern Orthodox Church known as related congregations; Episcopal Church (USA))
» Saint Jean Vianney named Jean Vianney
» Mary Sumner (Church of England)
» Nath Í of Achonry
» Romanus Ostiarius
» Secundian, Marcellian and Verian
» August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» National Day (Singapore) or National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.