August 9th
Today in America's Present Past
1757 | Indian Wars: English Fort William Henry, New York, surrenders to Indian troops.
1757 | Philanthropist Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton was born.
1803 |The first horses arrive in Hawaii.
1803 | Entrepreneur Robert Fulton tests his steam paddle-boat on the River Seine, France, but it sinks.
1814 | Indian Wars: Major General Andrew Jackson signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson, ending the Creek War.
1819 | Dentist William T. G. Morton was born.
1831 | The first U.S. steam engine train runs from Albany to Schenectady, New York.
1842 | POSTUS: Democratic President Van Buren signs the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
1854 | Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden.”
1859 | Entrepreneur Otis Tufts patents the first passenger elevator.
1862 | Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia.
1864 | Civil War: Siege of Fort Morgan, Alabama begins.
1897 | Scientist Ralph Wyckoff was born.
1910 | Alva Fisher received a patent for an electric washing machine.
1911 | Entrepreneur John “Bet a million” Gates died.
1927 | Scientist Marvin Minsky was born.
1938 | Scientist James B. Maas was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1944 | Actor Sam Elliott was born.
1945 | WWII: U.S. drops an “A-bomb” on Nagasaki, Japan.
1944 | WWII: Port Chicago Mutiny occurred.
1949 | Psychologist Edward Thorndike died.
1957 | Actress Melanie Griffith was born.
1967 | Football Pro Deion Sanders was born.
1968 | Musician Whitney Houston was born.
1968 | Producer Joseph McGinty Nichol was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
1969 | Entrepreneur Abigail Folger died.
1969 | Banker Robert Lehman died.
1969 | Actress Sharon Tate was murdered.
1970 | Journalist Chris Cuomo was born.
1974 | POTUS: Republican President Nixon resigned; Vice President Ford was sworn in.
1977 | General George Kenney died.
1978 | Author James Gould Cozzens died.
1985 | Entrepreneur and activist Vivek Ramaswamy was born.
1995 | Actor Justice Smith was born.
1995 | Musician Jerry Garcia died.
2003 | Actor Gregory Hines died.
2005 | Author Judith Rossner died.
2008 | Comedian Bernie Mac died.
2023 | POTUS: Democrat President Biden bans investments that might increase Chinese military technology.
2024 | Entrepreneur Susan Wojcicki died.