August 9 in History
9 August in History – 50 years ago
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starts
1999
Vladimir Putin gains power in Russia
ends
1976
Bougainville attempts to secede from PNG
1974
Nixon resigns
1965
Independence of Singapore
starts
1965
Tupamaros urban guerrillas in Uruguay
1960
South Kasai secedes from the Congo
starts
1949
Communists capture Lanzhou, breaking into NW China
1945
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
starts
1945
Soviets invade Manchuria, defeating Japanese
ends
1940
Soviet Union annexes Baltic states
1937
Oyama Incident
1922
Sun Yatsen flees Guangdong after Chen Jiongming turns against him.
1919
Anglo-Persian treaty signed
starts
1889
Franceville independent in New Hebrides
ends
1866
Italians invade Trentino from Lombardy
ends
1866
Italians invade Trentino from Venetia
1848
Austria & Sardinia sign armistice
ends
1810
British seize control of Moluccas
ends
432
Aetius defeats Salian Franks*
starts
388
Romans clash with Franks on Rhine*
ends
378
Valens rules Roman East
378
Goths defeat and kill Valens at Adrianople
ends
232
Taurinius leads mutiny in Mesopotamia*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 9 August for purposes of Omniatlas
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