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August the 9th
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2003 |
American actor, Gregory Hines, died of liver cancer at the age of 57 in Los Angeles, California. |
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1975 |
Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich, died of lung cancer in Moscow. |
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1969 |
Members of the cult led by Charles Manson murdered five people in the Beverly Hills home of the film director Roman Polanski . |
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1968 |
Australian actor, Eric Bana, was born in Melbourne. He is most known for his roles in the hit movies, Troy and Black Hawk Down. |
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1968 |
American actress, Gillian Anderson, was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is best known for her role as FBI Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files. |
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1963 |
American singer, Whitney Houston, was born in East Orange, New Jersey. Though her career took a substantial downturn, presumably due to the abuse of drugs, in the 2000's, she is still one of pop music's highest selling artists. |
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1957 |
American actress, Melanie Griffith, was born in New York city. |
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1945 |
The second atomic bomb ever used on a city was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. |
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1939 |
Italian politician and one time President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy. |
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1483 |
Construction of the Sistine Chapel was completed. |
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1048 |
Pope Damasus II died in Rome, only 23 days after his installation as Pope. |
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