On This Day in History August 9, 2020

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 obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine 1942  Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" motion and campaign by the All-India Congress 1945  US drops second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan, destroying part of the city 1965  Singapore separates from the Federation of Malaysia and gains its independence 1974  Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States and Vice President 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) Johann Michael Bach (1648 - 1694) Rod Laver 82nd Birthday Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Sharon Tate (1943 - 1969) More Famous Deaths