On This Day: What happened on 09 August?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 09 August, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

1956 | 20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws

1960 | South Kasai secedes from the Congo.

1987 | The National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa’s longest wage strike.

1987 | Italian sources claim that Col. Moanmmar Gadhafi, president of Libya tied the knot.

1995 | South Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day.

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DEATHS

1946 | South African cricketer, Bert Vogler (69)

1999 | Egyptian journalist and politician, Fouad Serageddin (89)

2014 | Nigerian historian and academic, J. F. Ade Ajayi (85)

BIRTHDAYS

1922 | South African poet, Sheila Cussons.

1954 |  South African cricketer and coach, Ray Jennings.

1958 | South African engineer and academic, Calie Pistorius.

1983 | Zimbabwean cricketer, Hamilton Masakadza.

SPORT

2008 | Mali loses 72 – 76 against New Zealand in the Women’s basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

2008 | South Africa wins 63 – 9 against Argentina in the Johannesburg Rugby Union test match as part of ongoing celebrations of Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday.

ENTERTAINMENT

1854 | Henry David Thoreau Publishes Walden.

1892 | Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.

1930 | Betty Boop, the animated cartoon character, makes her first appearance in the cartoon, Dizzy Dishes.

AFRICA FACT

Africa’s Nile River is the world’s longest river. It has a total length of 6,650 kilometers (4,132 miles) and cuts across 11 countries. It drains into the Mediterranean Sea from Africa’s Northeastern edge.