What happend on 9th August

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1989

Kaifu Toshiki becomes Prime Minister of Japan.

1988

Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial transactions in hockey history.

1987

9 people are shot dead and 17 more injured as 19-year old Julian Knight opens fire at random in the Hoddle Street Massacre in Clifton Hill

1986

The Headington Shark is erected in Oxford.

1983

Peter Jennings hosts his first broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight as sole anchor.

1974

Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office, an action reportedly taken to prevent time from being wasted in impeachment proceedings in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, takes the oath of office and becomes the 38th president.

1969

Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder five people,Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, and Abigail Folger. Also, Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride opens.

1967

Vietnam War: Operation Cochise initiated

1965

Space disasters: A fire at a Titan missile base near Little Rock, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.

1965

Singapore becomes an independent country.