On This Day
August 9th
 

1803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii. 1842 the US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. 1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Nagasaki. 1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency. 1995 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia dies at 53! Say it ain't so, Serpico!

Birthdays
 

1930 Betty Boop