On This Day in History - August 9 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - August 9 |
1831 August 9
1831-08-09
1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York)
1859 August 9
1859-08-09
Elevator patented
1942 August 9
1942-08-09
Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a quit India campaign by the All-India Congress
1945 August 9
1945-08-09
The second atomic bomb ever used on a city was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, Japan.
1976 August 9
1976-08-09
U.S.S.R. launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
