23 significant historical events occurred on August 9. August 9 has been the date of several important historical events. In 1842, the Webster–Ashburton Treaty was signed, resolving border disputes between the United States and British North American colonies. In 1942, the Death Match football game occurred in Kyiv during wartime. On the same date in 1945, the atomic bombing of Nagasaki took place with the Fat Man bomb. More recently, the Belarusian presidential election was held in 2020.
Total Events
23
Time Span
-35–2020
Categories
4
Top Category
war
10 events
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Event Distribution by Century
Darker = Higher Density0th C.21st C.
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1 event19th Century
4 events20th Century
11 eventswar
1950 battle fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War and resulted in the communist victory
21st Century
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