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Bernie Mac's most noted film roles were as Frank Catton in the Ocean's film series from 2001 through 2007 and as the title character of Mr.
Notable Deaths on August 9
2008 — Bernie Mac
American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (born 1957)
August 9 has 103 recorded notable deaths across history, from 378 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
103 source records
378 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on August 9
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- 1810 Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. Source
- 1944 World War II: Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war. Source
- 1610 The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia. Source
- 1974 As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign from office. Vice President Gerald Ford becomes president. Source
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Gregory Hines is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time.
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In 1971, Washington formed an alliance with Stanley "Tookie" Williams, establishing the Crips as the first major African-American street gang in Los Angeles, and served as one of the co-leaders.
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During her regency, in 787, she called the Second Council of Nicaea which condemned iconoclasm as heretical and brought an end to the first iconoclast period (730–787).
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Stevens has been described as one of the most powerful members of Congress and as the most powerful member of Congress from the Northwestern United States.
More major people who died on August 9
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2003
Gregory Hines
American actor, dancer, and choreographer (born 1946)
Gregory Oliver Hines was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time.
1979
Raymond Washington
American gang leader, founded the Crips (born 1953)
Raymond Lee Washington was an American gangster, known as the founder of the Crips gang in Los Angeles.
803
Irene of Athens
Byzantine ruler (born 752)
Irene of Athens, surname Sarantapechaena, was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and…
2010
Ted Stevens
American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1923)
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
833
Al-Ma'mun
Iraqi caliph (born 786)
Abū al-ʿAbbās Abd Allāh ibn Hārūn al-Maʾmūn, better known by his regnal name al-Ma'mun, was the seventh Abbasid caliph, who reigned from 813 until his death in 833.
1979
Walter O'Malley
American businessman, owner of baseball's Dodgers (born 1903)
Walter Francis O'Malley was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979.
2006
James Van Allen
American physicist and academic (born 1914)
James Alfred Van Allen was an American space physicist at the University of Iowa who was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space.
1534
Thomas Cajetan
Italian cardinal and philosopher (born 1470)
Thomas Cajetan, also known as Gaetanus or Cajetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508 to 1518, and cardinal from 1517 until his…
1985
Clive Churchill
Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1927)
Clive Bernard Churchill AM was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach in the mid-20th century.
1354
Stephen
Duke of Slavonia, Hungarian prince (born 1332)
Stephen was a Hungarian royal prince of the Capetian House of Anjou. He was the youngest son of Charles I of Hungary and Elizabeth of Poland to survive childhood.
1946
Bert Vogler
South African cricketer (born 1876)
Albert Edward Ernest Vogler was a South African cricketer. A leading all-rounder skilled both at batting and bowling, Vogler played cricket in South Africa prior to becoming eligible to play for Middlesex County Cricket…
1910
Huo Yuanjia
Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (born 1868)
Huo Yuanjia, courtesy name Jùnqīng, was a Chinese martial artist and co-founder of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, a martial arts school in Shanghai.
1980
Jacqueline Cochran
American pilot (born 1906)
Jacqueline Cochran was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation and was the first woman to break the sound barrier on 18 May 1953.
2016
Gerald Grosvenor
6th Duke of Westminster, third-richest British citizen (born 1951)
Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster was a British landowner, businessman, aristocrat, Territorial Army general, and peer.
2012
Al Freeman
Jr., American actor, director, and educator (born 1934)
Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator.
2012
David Rakoff
Canadian-American actor and journalist (born 1964)
David Benjamin Rakoff was a Canadian-American essayist and humorist, born in Montreal and raised in Toronto, who spent his professional career in New York City.
1996
Frank Whittle
English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine (born 1907)
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer. He is credited with co-creating the turbojet engine.
1995
Jerry Garcia
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
Jerome John Garcia was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s.
1601
Michael the Brave
Romanian prince (born 1558)
Michael the Brave, born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia, Prince of Moldavia (1600) and de facto ruler of Transylvania (1599–1600). He is considered one of Romania's greatest national heroes.