FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019

378 ― Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army

1638 ― Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx

1673 ― Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674

1829 ― “Stourbridge Lion” locomotive goes into service

1842 ― U.S.-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty

1942 ― British arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K Gandhi

1945 ― U.S. drops second atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Japan, destroys part of Nagasaki

1956 ― South African women demonstrate against pass laws

1965 ― Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day)

1969 ― Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders

1990 ― Twelve Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia

1992 ― 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain