Saturday August 9, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the nd week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
Continuation war: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright.
The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in hockey history, upsetting many Canadians.
At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in an overnight operation.

Who were born on ?

John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)
Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (d. 1856)
André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)
Jacques Parizeau, Quebec economist and politician
Brito, Brazilian footballer
Roy Hodgson, English football manager
Eric Bana, Australian actor
Adewale Ogunleye, American football player
Csaba Csordás, Hungarian football player
Caylee Anthony, American child murder victim (d. 2008)

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