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9 August 2019 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 August 2019 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.
- 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 August 9
- 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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2019 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 8 – Captain Marvel, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, is released by Marvel Studios as the 21st film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It becomes the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2019 during its run, earning $1.128 billion worldwide.
- March 13 – Boeing grounds its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft in response to evidence gathered following the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610.
- April 5 – Shazam!, directed by David F. Sandberg, is released as the seventh film in the DC Extended Universe.
Life in the US in 2019
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.60
Loaf of Bread
$2.30
Average House
$363,300
Weekly Wage
$932
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