Born on 9 August 2019

At A Glance

9 August 2019 at a glance

Day of the week

9 August 2019 was a Friday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “Señorita” by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello.

Top Film of 2019

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.

Star sign

The star sign for 9 August is Leo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 9 August 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 9 August 2019 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 9 August

• 1979 Female workers of YH Trading in South Korea hold a sit-in protest in response to the company's unilateral shutdown.
• 1993 The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
• 1999 Russian president Boris Yeltsin fires his prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
• 2012 Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman to officiate an NFL game.
• 2021 The Tampere light rail officially starts operating.

Famous people born on 9 August

• Gillian Anderson, American-British actress, activist and writer (born 1968)
• Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (1963–2012)
• Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer (born 1957)
• Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor (born 1990)

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