On This Day in History August 9, 2018

Historical Events 378  Battle of Adrianople: Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens 1790  Robert Gray's Columbia Rediviva returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st American ship to circumnavigate the Globe 1898  Rudolf Diesel of Germany patents the diesel internal combustion engine 1898  Rudolf Diesel obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine 1942  Mahatma Gandhi & 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress 1945  US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki 1965  Singapore separates from the Federation of Malaysia and gains its independence 1974  Richard Nixon resigns as US President and VP Gerald Ford swears the oath of office to take his place as the 38th US President More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Amedeo Avogadro (1776 - 1856) Bob Cousy 90th Birthday Johann Michael Bach (1648 - 1694) Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962) Sharon Tate (1943 - 1969) More Famous Deaths