August 9

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on August 9, include:

• Gay Uncle's Day - August 9, 2026 (Second Sunday in August)
• International Coworking Day 
• International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• Melon Day - August 9, 2026 (Second Sunday in August)
• National Book Lovers Day - August 9 and November 7, 2026 (First Saturday in November)
• National Hand Holding Day 
• National Polka Day
• National Rice Pudding Day 
  
• Veep Day

2026 Weekly Holidays that include August 9, are:

• Info. to Come!

2026 Monthly Holidays that include August 9, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our August Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of August.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Info. to Come!

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for August 9 is Leo.

Birth Flower of the Month

Birthstone

Famous Birthdays

• 1757 - Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton - humanitarian, wife of Alexander Hamilto (d. 1854)
• 1944 - Sam Elliott, American actor and producer (Road House, Tombstone, Hulk)
• 1957 - Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer (Body Double, Working Girl)
• 1963 - Whitney Houston, American singer, songwriter, producer, and actress (d. 2012)
• 1967 - Deion Sanders, American football and baseball player
• 1968 - Gillian Anderson, American-British actress, writer, and activist (The X-Files, Hannibal, The Fall)
• 1968 - Eric Bana, Australian actor, comedian (Black Hawk Down, Hulk, Troy, Munich, Lone Survivor)
• 1976 - Jessica Capshaw - American actress (Grey's Anatomy)

Famous Deaths

• 1963 - Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, Son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)
• 1969 - Sharon Tate, American model and actress, who was murdered by the Charles Manson family while she was eight and a half months pregnant (b. 1943)
• 1996 - Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer who invented the jet engine (b. 1907)
• 2003 - Gregory Hines, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (The Cotton Club, White Nights) (b. 1946)
• 2015 - Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1930)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1949 - Actor James Stewart marries former model Gloria H. McLean
• 1958 - Actor Robert Redford marries Lola Van Wagenen

Quote of the Day

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

TIPS TO UNDIET - Diets Don’t Work, but Lifestyle Solutions do! If you would stop dieting, and do nothing else but adopt a few of these healthy diet habits, you might be surprised at your success.

See Kerry's Tips to Undiet on her Healthy Diet Habits website!

Season

August 9th falls within the Summer Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Summer is the Hottest of the Four Seasons! It follows Spring and is before Fall! The kids are out of school and many vacations happen in summer, which means more family time. Hopefully a beach is involved!

The first day of Summer is also known as the Summer Solstice where we enjoy the most sunlight of the year! After this day, the amount of daylight starts to decrease each day.

Check out our Summer Season page for information about Summer, Summer Dates, Major Summer Holidays and Observances, Major Summer Festivals, Fun Facts About Summer, Summer Food Tips, Summer Gardening, Summer Preparation, Summer Quotes, and Summer Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on Summer Foods: 

• Summer Cooking

• Summer Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Winter Season. 

• Winter Foods

• Winter Weight Gain

• Winter Weight Loss Tips

This Day in History

• 1173 - Construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa begins. Initially known as the Cathedral of Pisa, it would take two centuries to complete
• 1872 - The United States and Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains is established with the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
• 1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph
• 1907 - The first Boy Scout encampment ends at Brownsea Island in southern England
• 1930 - The character Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes
• 1944 - Smokey the Bear appears for the first time on posters done by the United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising council
• 1965 - Singapore gains its independence when they are expelled from Malaysia
• 1973 - The USSR launches Mars 7
• 1974 - US President Richard Nixon becomes the first President to resign from office due to the Watergate scandal. VP, Gerald Ford, becomes President
• 1993 - After 38 years, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses its national leadership position

This Day in Music

• 1969 - Easy to be Hard is released by Three Dog Night
• 1969 - Hot Fun in the Summertime is released by Sly and the Family Stone
• 1975 - Jive Talking by the Bee Gees hits #1 in the U.S.
• 1986 - Queen play their last concert with Freddie Mercury at the Knebworth Park Festival in England
• 1994 - Endangered Species is released by Lynyrd Skynyrd as their eighth album
• 2005 - Photograph is released by Nickelback (video below)

This Day in Sports

• 1923 - The NY State Golf Association is formed
• 1936 - Jesse Ownes wins his fourth gold medal in track and field at the Games of the XI Olympiad
• 1946 - Major League baseball games are played at night for the first time
• 1988 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers is traded to the LA Kings for $15-20 million
• 1992 - The 25th Olympic Games closes in Barcelona, Spain
• 2002 - Barry Bonds, outfielder for the SF Giants hits his 600th career home run
• 2012 - Usain Bolt, of Jamaica becomes the first to win the 100m and 200m sprint in back to back Olympics

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!