August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples; National Women's Day in South Africa
Flag of Singapore
- 1877 – Nez Perce War: Both Nez Perce and United States Army sides suffered numerous casualties as they fought to a stalemate in the Battle of the Big Hole.
- 1914 – World War I: France launched its first attack of the war in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the province of Alsace from Germany.
- 1960 – The region of South Kasai seceded from the Republic of the Congo.
- 1965 – Malaysia expelled the state of Singapore (flag pictured) from its federation due to heated ideological conflict between their respective ruling parties.
- 2014 – A white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, U.S., shot and killed an 18-year-old African-American male, resulting in widespread protests and unrest.
Hieronymus Bosch (d. 1516) · Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (b. 1757) · Gillian Anderson (b. 1968)
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