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On This Day, August 9
- 2024: Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
- 2021: The Tampere light rail officially starts operating.
- 2014: Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
- 2013: Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30.
- 2012: Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman to officiate an NFL game.